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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…
Read MoreREPORT ON KILLARNEY AND CANBY RASPBERRIES
…of August, but many good-sized berries continue to ripen up to the killing freeze. The berries are large but not giant. There is some minor dieback due to winterkill. Yields…
Read MoreMARKETS FOR WILD BLUEBERRIES
…product preferences and whether or not they, picked their own berries. Most urban Alaskans shop for fresh berries at Alaskan supermarket chains (66%). Twenty percent purchased berries at national supermarket…
Read MoreRaspberry Production in South-Central Alaska
…mold Botrytis. The mold attacks ripe berries, unripe berries, flower buds, leaves and twigs. Some berries (for example Canby and Fallgold) will taste horrible when first infected, before they show…
Read MoreEditor's note — Lingonberries
Every bit of the lowbush cranberry (lingonberry) that is produced in Scandinavia – many, many tons – is harvested from the wild. Seeds may be extracted by placing whole berries…
Read MoreFeatured Fruit — Blueberries
Blueberry –Vaccinium spp. Related to azaleas and rhododendrons, blueberries need a highly organic, cool, moist, well drained soil with a pH between 4.5 and 5.5. Tiny, urn shaped white or…
Read MoreNursery Tour
…LOADED with clumps of black berries, flavored much like Bob Boyer’s service berries, in my opinion. (Zone 3) Seaberry trees (Hippophae rhamnoides) were coated with orange fruit, mostly along…
Read MoreHoneyberry Facts
…of fruit in its third year and up to 8 pounds by its sixth year 3 oz. of fresh berries provides 50-70 mg of vitamin C The berries are also…
Read MoreOrchard Report – Edmonton – 2001
…pests attacking the berries of those that managed to survive. Other soft fruits came through the winter unscratched. Bumper crops of saskatoons, currants (black, red, white and Albol), gooseberries,…
Read MoreMAY MEETING FEATURES JAMES AND RILEY
…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 near the corner of Northern…
Read MoreRecipes – Spring 2002
Homemade Fruit Juice from Jackson Gardens Pick berries when ripe and freeze. Later, thaw berries in a strainer to remove juice naturally, without killing the healthy enzymes in them….
Read MoreFrom the President
…for 2 winters – Dead Blueberries-Even Northland blueberries freeze back to the snowline. I got about a dozen berries 2 years ago. Grapes-I have wasted more time and money trying…
Read MoreSEED EXCHANGE RUSSIA/ALASKA
…do not have access to commercial producers of seeds, fruit trees, berries, or herbs as we do. Gardeners must raise the crop and then save the seeds which carry the…
Read MoreMORE ON LONICERA
While doing graduate work at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, I remember the Lonicera caerulea variety edulis. What I remember about it is eating the berries. I enjoyed the taste…
Read MoreQUERY FROM WHITEHORSE YUKON TERRITORY
…have been selected for milder taste. The 1 1/2 meter tall plants have stiff, erect branches and can be grown on soil too high in lime for blueberries. The berries…
Read MoreHaskap Arrives in North America
From the Home Orchard Society www.homeorchardsociety.org Dr. Maxine Thompson Haskap berries are native to Hokkaido, the northern Island of Japan. Historically, wild-growing plants provided one of the few fruits available…
Read MoreHardy kiwi: a potential crop for northern growers
…grows pawpaws, ginseng, and strawberries, but, he says, “Kiwi is our forte, has been for quite a long time, and will be for the long haul.” Hardy kiwi first…
Read MoreOrchard Report
…put on new growth (no flowers/fruit) and I’ve been keeping up on the neem oil for the worms, so I have hope for next year. Some Canby Thornless raspberries seemed…
Read MoreFeatured Fruit – Nagoonberry
…them with raspberries or strawberries in this recipe for trail cookies. Nagoonberry Hardtack (Taken from the Alaska Wildberry Guide and Cookbook.) 4 cups nagoonberries 1 cup shredded coconut 1…
Read MoreLingonberry Cultivation
…remaining good berry stands will also be wiped out. The German growers showed some incredible pictures of acres of lingonberries in production. The plants are grown in single-plant rows about…
Read MoreNews from a half-high blueberry grower
I ordered about 200 plantlets of the half high blueberries from Minn-Viho and they arrived May 1. To say I was shocked at their appearance would be no exaggeration. I…
Read MoreFrom the Editor’s Garden
…And does anyone have a good way to manage gooseberries? Mine seem to want to flop over onto the ground, and then the stems end up breaking off at ground…
Read MoreMeeting Program Slides & Videos
The Growing of Gooseberries in Alaska presented by Gary Masog 2018 March Presentation Notes – Hinchey talk Lammers Orchard Video Growing Raspberries Video presented by Rusty Foreaker Jan 10, 2019…
Read MoreFeatured Recipes 2006
…place two-piece lid, then process in hot water bath for 10 mins. (from Putting Foods By: 4th Addition) Applesauce Tea Bread Submitted by Dan Elliot from Fruits and Berries…
Read MoreRed Raspberry
Red Raspberry Rubus idaeus “Boyne” Raspberry Native to North America, red raspberries grow from perennial roots. The tall, thorny canes are brownish red and woody, reach full size the…
Read MoreFeatured Fruit — Cranberry
…150 species of cranberry in the world. The United States produces 98% of the world’s cranberries. Cranberries have been used culinarily and medicinally since befor the Europeans came to America….
Read MoreOrchard Report – Peters Creek – 2002
…the same to my strawberries later in the season if I do not pick the berries before they turn fully ripe. Sigh. To my dismay I got stung out of…
Read MoreFeatured Fruit — Gooseberry
GOOSEBERRY Ribes spp. Saxifragaceae Gooseberries are shrubs which grow best in cool climates with cold winters. American gooseberries have weeping stems and will root themselves where they touch the…
Read MoreFeatured Fruit: Strawberry
…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 making flower buds in the…
Read More1998 ORCHARD REPORTS
…and I harvested over 28 quarts of service berries. I didn’t get as many raspberries this year. I bought a “Fall Red” plant this year. I liked them real well….
Read MoreFRUIT TREE THOUGHTS
…and gold raspberries, picked first crop Aug. 2; as of Oct 6, still no frost and still picking fruit. Green berries still on canes. Black and red currants, picked 5…
Read MoreA partial list of “summer” apple and crabapple varieties suitable for trials in Southeast Alaska
…Inc., Canandaigua, NY 14424. 1-800-836-9630. Hessayon, D. G. 1990. The Fruit Expert. Britannica House, Norwich, England. 128 p. Hill, L. 1990. Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden….
Read MoreGARDEN AND FRUIT GROWING REPORT
…to Island Lake: Latham raspberries. Quinalt strawberries, Pixwell gooseberries, Red Lake currants, Swedish Black currants, Saskatoon berry, rhubarb, mint chives, and a Dolgo crab tree. These were all proven hardy…
Read MoreBlueberry Recipes
…mL 1/2 C chopped nutmeats 120 mL 1 pkg (1 lb 4 oz) white cake mix 562 g 1 C frozen blueberries, thawed or fresh blueberries 360 mL Combine brown…
Read MoreBACK FROM SIBERIA
…brief flowering period. Berries edible, red, to 3/8, 6 to 23 per bunch. Male and female flowers on separate plants, both must be present for fruiting. Hardiest variety of the…
Read MoreWILD CHOKECHERRIES TAMED
…in Colorado was troubled by the undependable supply of wild berries, so he formed the Chokecherry Growers Assoc, and asked Colorado State University to conduct research. Two acres have…
Read More1988-89 WINTER HARDINESS REPORT: Purvis
…fruits and berries survive extreme cold, specifically during the three weeks from approximately January 15 to February 6, 1989. The 63-year-oid sweet cherry tree in Homer, owned by Fred…
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