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  • From: "Jim Fruth" <jfruth@tds.net>
  • To: "NAFEX" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Berry Pickersw
  • Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 08:52:00 -0600

Hey folks, it wasn't my intention to create a controversy about which fruits can be harvested with a berry picker. I offered the information for anyone who might find a berry picker useful since it is not an item that can be picked up at the local hardware store.
A berry picker is worthless for picking my domestic blueberries too but it works great for wild blueberries. It takes most of the tedium out of picking lingonberries. I bought my first one for picking Pin Cherries (Prunus pennsylvanica). Pin Cherries are a real pain to pick.....................and slow. They are tiny and each fruit is on its own stem. A picker makes the chore almost tolerable.
When using a berry picker, I get lots of leaves in the process which I separate by dribbling the pick in front of a box (window) fan. You can separate berries from leaves by swirling them in water - most of the leaves float but a fan works better.

Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
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  • [NAFEX] Berry Pickersw, Jim Fruth, 02/05/2009

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