Volume 46 Number 4 Article 5
Year 1992 Month 10
Title: Blackberry Cultivars and Production Trends in the Pacific Northwest
Author: B.C. Strik
Abstract:
There are three types of blackberries (Rubus spp.) commercially grown in
the United States: 1) erect, 2) semierect and 3) trailing.
Erect and semierect types predominate in the eastern and southern regions of the United States.
The Pacific Northwest (California, Oregon, and Washington, USA, and British Columbia, Canada) is the Principal producing area for training
blackberries.
Hectarage of erect and semi-erect types in this region is still
small, but will likely increase.
The following fruit researchers and
extension workers were contacted in 1991 to compile information for specific production areas in the Pacific Northwest: Bill Peters (BCMAF, British Columbia); Craig MacConnell, Bill Scheer, Dyvon Havens, Charles Brun
(Washington State University Cooperative Extension, Whatcom, Pierce,
Skagit, and Clark Counties, respectively); Ronald Tyler (University of
California Cooperative Extension, Santa Cruz County). The following
individuals, contacted in other regions, indicated there is currently no commercial production of blackberries in their region: Dan Barney (Sandpoint,
ID); Nancy Callan (Corvallis, MT); Richard Renquist (Grand Junction,
CO); and George Dickerson, (Albuquerque, NM). Information on hectarage
and cultivar use in Oregon was
obtained from the Agricultural Statistics Service (9) and the Oregon Caneberry
Commission (7).
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