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The Improved Blueberry
The first berries I helped pick, when I was a kid, were strawberries. Makes sense. Close to the ground, easy to reach, I loved to eat them, but they still make my arms itch.
The Blueberry Patch: Couple turns hobby into Ohio’s largest blueberry farm
MANSFIELD, Ohio — A quarter-century ago, Steve and Lisa Beilstein never thought they’d be where they are at this very instant: seated among customers in the garden-style tea room and gift shop they operate alongside Richland County’s The Blueberry Patch, Ohio’s biggest blueberry farm. Their success is perhaps surprising for a couple with no farm
How to plant a blueberry bush
Learn how to get a cutting from a blueberry bush off to its healthiest start by meeting all of its growing requirements when you plant it.
Blueberries profitable option in Ohio
A grower who produces 3,000 pounds of blueberries per acre (which is about average for Ohio) and earns $5 a pound can see $15,000 per acre in gross revenue.
New blueberry varieties are a hit
WASHINGTON — That interesting shrub growing in a neighbor’s front yard may actually be exactly what you think it is — a somewhat unusual ornamental that produces pink blueberries. These berries not only look pretty, but they’re tasty, too, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist Mark K. Ehlenfeldt. As a plant geneticist with USDA’s
Producers vote to start blueberry checkoff
The program will be fully funded by assessments on blueberries with a maximum assessment of up to three tenths of a cent per pound of blueberries sold.
Plight of the blueberries: Going to the birds? Not anymore
Conservative estimates say birds eat about 10 percent of the North American blueberry crop.
Dad’s favorite peach-blueberry cobbler
We’re really just a dessert family, but this cobbler recipe is at the top of my dad’s favorite recipes list.
How to make blueberry and blackberry jam
Liz Partsch provides a step-by-step guide on how her dad makes blueberry and blackberry jam every year during berry season.
Shock and scorch strike Michigan’s blueberries
LANSING, Mich. — Two exotic blueberry plant diseases have been identified in Michigan for the first time — blueberry shock and blueberry scorch. Both viral plant diseases have the potential to cause significant losses to blueberry producers; however, they are not a threat to food safety or human health. Department and Michigan State University officials
