Small Fruits News Now Available

The latest edition of Small Fruits News is now available.

In this issue:

1. Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium (SRSFC) Receives 2012 National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Partnership Award
2. New Blueberry Varieties Being Readied for Sale
3. N.C. State’s “Pack ‘N Cool” Provides Farmers with Mobile Refrigeration Solution
4. Can Pilfering PYO Pickers Be Pinched?
5. New Organic Strawberry Production Manual
6. Western, Southern States Lead Blueberry Surge
7. Von, a New Thornless Floricane-Fruiting Blackberry
8. Bacterial Diseases of Blueberry and Their Potential for Impact in the Southeast
9. Eastern Spotted Wing Drosophila Working Group Meets
10. 'Faith’, ‘Hope’, ‘Joy’ and ‘Gratitude’ Seedless Table Grapes for Local Markets
11. Blackberry and Raspberry Seasonal Checklist Fall 2012
12. Strawberry Seasonal Checklist

Small Fruits News is a product of the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium. http://www.smallfruits.org/

Latest Edition of Small Fruits News Now Available

The Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium's latest newsletter is now available.

Small Fruits News July 2012 (pdf)

1.  'Osage' a new blackberry for shipping and local markets
2. Blackberry and raspberry season checklist
3. Strawberry seasonal checklist

Small Fruits Newlsetter Now Available

The April 2012 edition of Small Fruits News is now available on-line.

In this edition you will find (It is a very good one!):

• Blackberry Breeder John Clark Receives NARBA's Distinguished Service Award
• Southern Region Small Fruits Grant Awards
• Report: Grape Growers Should be Prepared
• Beware of Bermuda and Johnson Grass
• Blueberry Pre-Plant Diseases Associated with Nematodes
• Local Market Survey
• A History of the Blueberry Industry
• Blackberry and Raspberry Seasonal Checklist
• Strawberry Seasonal Checklist

To learn more about the excellent research going on in small fruits in the south, as well as some great resources, visit the Southern Small Fruit Consortium Website: http://www.smallfruits.org/

October Small Fruits Newsletter Now Available

The latest edition of the Southern Small Fruit Consortium's Small Fruit News is now available.
You can download or view the pdf here: http://www.smallfruits.org/Newsletter/Vol11-Issue4.pdf

In this version you will find:

1. A Special Report on Exobasidium Fruit and Leaf Spot on Blueberries
2. Can Raspberries Be Picked Pink for Fresh Markets?
3. Information on the 2011 Strawberry Expo in Durham, Nov 6-8
   
4. Fumigation and the Options to Grow Strawberries Without Fumigation
5. Blackberry Flavor: Improvement is Key for Fresh Market Expansion
6. E. coli Outbreak on Oregon Strawberries
7. Blackberry and Raspberry Season Checklist
8. Quarterly Strawberry Grower's Checklist

The Blackberry and Raspberry Specialists have united to form Team Rubus!
You can follow them on social media, look for:

Twitter: @NCTeamRubus
Facebook: Team Rubus
Blog: teamrubus.blogspot.com

Small Fruits Newsletter April 2011

The latest edition of the Southern Region Small Fruits Consortium newsletter is now available.

Inside this edition:

• Strawberries - Why Cut-Offs May Make Sense for Your Operation
• Growing Gourmet Strawberries Commercially
• Mid-South Greenhouse Strawberry Production
• Blackberry Varieties For Tunnel Production in Northern Areas
• Inspection Recommendations for Colletotrichum gloeosporiodes in Strawberry
• 2011 Georgia Rabbiteye Blueberry Budget
  
• Strawberry Spring Checklist
• Blackberry and Raspberry Seasonal Checklist
  

Winter 2011 Small Fruits Newsletter

The latest edition of the Southern Small Fruit Consortium's Small Fruit Newsletter is now available. You can download the pdf here.

In this edition:

• Possibility of Research and Promotion Program for Blackberries?
• Fumigant Regulations - Information for Handlers
  
• The Great Glyphosate Debate...Too Much of a Good Thing?
• Two New Virus Diseases in Rubus: Blackberry Yellow Vein and Blackberry Crumbly Fruit
• Red Cell, Red Drupelet, Color Reversion: What's Happening to those Packaged Blackberries?
• Blackberry and Raspberry Seasonal Checklist
• Quarterly Strawberry Plasticulture Checklist