ISHS Acta Horticulturae 61: Symposium on Vaccinium Culture in Europe
RECENT ADVANCES IN CULTIVATED BLUEBERRY RESEARCH IN NORTH AMERICA |
| Author: | P. Eck |
| Abstract:
The most significant change in the highbush blueberry industry in America, within the last decade, has been in the method of harvest and in the utilization of the crop. Over 70 percent of the nation's crop is now harvested by machine. Sustained demand, both domestic and foreign for processed blueberries, has resulted in stable prices and in the utilization of more than half the nation's crop as processed fruit. Cultural practices are being altered and developed and cultivars selected and planted so as to expedite the mechanical harvesting of fruit. A concerted research effort is being made to develop an overall mechanized system whereby mechanically harvested fruit can be cleaned, sorted, and selected for high quality fresh fruit utilization. | |
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