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[NAFEX] Unusual blackberry trait?

From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Cc: Heron Breen <breen@fedcoseeds.com>
Subject: [NAFEX] Unusual blackberry trait?
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 06:48:57 -0500

While I was picking my crop of Fort Kent Blackberries the bees were abuzz. I wondered why but didn't pay attention as my attention was spent on berry picking. I just assumed they were Yellow Jackets sucking on the fruit. Yesterday I learned the object of their attention; they had been pollinating flowers. While I was picking the last straggler berries I noticed developing green berries. Fort Kent is producing a second crop.

This second crop is going to be significantly less than the first crop and I hope the berries ripen before the frosts come. Has anyone else had a second crop of berries?

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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[NAFEX] Unusual blackberry trait?, Jim Fruth, 08/31/2007