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Eating qualities and some horticultural characteristics of Lonicera caerulea L. were evaluated to select elite lines for further breeding program. The wild lines of L. caerulea were cultivated in Experiment Farms and Yoichi Orchard. Eating qualities, fruit sizes, fresh weight，pH and sugar content (brix) of each fruit were investigated. Eating qualities were stable through 3 years. In some lines, fresh weight correlated with sugar content. From these evaluations, we selected some elite lines which are proposed as materials for improving this crop.