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- From: "Mark & Helen Angermayer" <hangermayer@isp.com>
- To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries
- Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:44:20 -0500
This is puzzling. Fruit Grower News indicated
blueberry production is expected to expand, in the near future, more than any
other fruit. As indicated by the article Sam posted, they are even growing
them in Utah. I can understand their popularity, they are tasty.
What I don't understand is why growers aren't putting in more
blackberries. Around here, blackberries sell for quite a bit more than
blueberries. At the grocers, they sell California blackberries in a
little 6 oz. container for $2.50, equating to $7.50 per #. The
blackberries didn't even look that good. Blueberries sell for $2.00
per # at the same store.
I know a blackberry grower who goes to a
farmer's market and sells out in the first hour, charging $3.75 per
#. He is thinking about buying blackberries from out of state in order to
sell more.
We've been giving them away. One lady,
whom we gave some to, called back and wanted to buy some. She said the
place that she normally buys them was sold out. We ended up selling
blackberries without even trying.
Why isn't there more
blackberry hype?
Mark
KS
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[NAFEX] cutting back tops after root pruning,
Alan Haigh, 08/06/2008
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[NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries,
Mark & Helen Angermayer, 08/06/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries, Road's End Farm, 08/06/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries,
Richard J . Ossolinski, 08/06/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries, Michael Dossett, 08/06/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries, Michael Dossett, 08/06/2008
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Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries,
William C. Garthright, 08/08/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries, Betty Mayfield, 08/08/2008
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[NAFEX] Blueberries vs. Blackberries,
Mark & Helen Angermayer, 08/06/2008
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