The Key to Preventing Moldy Berries

(From the AMGA Gardener Loop) Berries are delicious, but they’re also delicate. Raspberries in particular seem like they can mold before you even get them home from the market. There’s nothing more tragic than paying $4 for local raspberries, only to look in the fridge the next day and find fuzzy mold growing on their…

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Orchard Report – Edmonton – 2001

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada by THEAN PHEH November 28, 2001   I live in Edmonton which has a microclimate in Zone 3.  I also have contacts with other growers in Zone3 and 2 in Central Alberta.   The first killing frost of 2000 arrived late, giving the plants about two extra weeks to prepare for the…

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Featured Fruit: Strawberry

Strawberry – Fragaria Strawberry plants are composed of sets of three saw-toothed leaflets growing on slender, 8-20 inch tall stalks.  The berries can be white, pink, or red and are fleshy and juicy.  Strawberries are generally self fruitful. There are three classifications of strawberries based on when they flower and produce fruit.  June bearers start…

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FRUIT TREE THOUGHTS

  by Bob Boyer Anchorage   The following are blossoming dates (B) and fruit pick dates (P) for trees in ground or buckets.   Nanking cherry. B May 5, P Sept. 26. 1 gallon. Cavalier cherry. B May 22. No fruit. Chokecherry. B May 22, didn’t pick; put Cygon 2 on tree. White Nanking cherry,…

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MAY MEETING FEATURES JAMES AND RILEY

  By Robert Purvis The May 10, 1989, meeting of the Alaska Chapter, North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX), attracted 28 people, who enjoyed a presentation by Dr. Herb James on the growing of asparagus and Julie Riley’s discussion of raspberries and strawberries. Herb obtained unnamed Canadian varieties of asparagus, which have done well for him…

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STRAWBERRIES WORLDWIDE

  Strawberries are grown in most temperate regions with world production approaching 2,000,000 metric tons. The U.S. is the world leader in strawberry production with 20-25% of the total world market. California produces approximately 80$ of the U.S. crop, and consequently the most important cultivars are ‘Douglas’, ‘Chandler’, ‘Tufts’, ‘Pajaro’, ‘Aiko’ and ‘Selva’. These cultivars…

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