ISHS Acta Horticulturae 61: Symposium on Vaccinium Culture in Europe
PRODUCTION PROCEDURES, HARVEST, AND PROCESSING OF HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRIES |
| Author: | P.D.E. Moser |
| Abstract:
Rising costs of production, as well as an increasing shortage of agricultural workers, compel most countries to mechanize, within a short time, the harvesting and processing of bush berries. The technical developments, which in 1959 had already become established in the USA, and by 1966 had led to completely mechanized techniques of harvesting highbush blueberries, were also able to be employed in Europe - subjected to our conditions - for the harvesting of black currants. Highbush blueberries can best be compared, in regard to their harvesting and processing procedures, to black and red currants. Due to their having nearly the same material and botanical characteristics, both varieties allow the use of the same machines, construction elements, and tools in the harvesting. Therefore, the machines already in use in Europe for harvesting bush berries can also be employed for harvesting highbush blueberries, without involving any particular developmental costs which would raise the price of the machines. | |
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