To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Berry pickers
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:12:29 -0600
I'm with Betsy on this one - on both the northern highbush and
rabbiteye type blueberries, the berries on a single bush never ripen
all at the same time - in a cluster of, say 10-15 berries, there may
only be 2 or 3 ripe berries on a given day - they ripen
one-at-a-time, sporadically, over a period of weeks.
No way one of those pickers would work for us down here.
Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY