MAXIMIZING RASPBERRY YIELDS

    The following information may be of interest to Alaskan raspberry growers. It is from the World Wide Web at:   http:/gus.nsac.ns.ca/-piinfo/newsletters/otherberries/961rasp.html   Research by Dr. J. P. Prive of the Michaud experimental Farm in New Brunswick, Canada, has shown that light interception is critical to maximizing yields, and that the best way to…

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IRT PLASTIC IN THE ORCHARD

– Dwight Bradley   Following up on an idea of Bob Boyer’s, I did a small but promising experiment with IRT plastic in the orchard over the summer. I had two apparently identical Norland trees, both on Antonovka rootstock, which were grafted in 1995 an bought as 1-year whips in 1996 from Lawyer. A control…

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