Berries news archive – Page 190
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Golden days at Alconeras
Spanish berry specialist Alconeras has been rewarded for its efforts with a regional Golden Strawberry award. The company's UK managing director Bill Ashby tells Tommy Leighton that progress in Huelva will see Spanish strawberries take a greater proportion of the winter berry market.
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Ocean Spray confident in cranberries
Ocean Spray enters peak fresh cranberry period with confidence in UK
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Cranberries bounce back
Forecasts for this season's US cranberry crop are strong despite a decline in likely volumes from the biggest growing area.
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New raspberry named in honour of Brice brothers
Soft-fruit veterans Simon and Peter Brice have retired with a raspberry being named in their honour
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Late start for UK glasshouses
Strawberries are pricey on UK markets this week as the outdoor crop tails off and eager buyers await glasshouse fruit.
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Redbridge's Redeva reaches first milestone
Breeding programme celebrates in Dundee with 2,500 berry tastings
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Chiquita makes further sale
Produce multi-national Chiquita Brands International is reducing its stake in an Australian business.
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Berries feel the heat
Continued warm weather and a degree of humidity has reduced the volume of English soft fruit.
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Organic Bosnian berries boom in Europe
Organic berries grown in Bosnia are set to take western Europe by storm.
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Cranberry forecast up
Production of cranberries is up this season on last in the US, although the largest producing state has registered a decline.
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Convenience is- unprepared salad
Emmett UK has launched a Caesar salad kit featuring whole lettuce plus a dressing prepared by a celebrity chef as a novel twist to the convenience concept.
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A spring in the step of soft fruit
There's nothing like being in the midst of a good season to put a spring in the step at a trade day, and Fruit Focus in the heart of Kent last week...
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UK soft fruit in boom
Soft fruit is enjoying a boom in the UK with raspberries in particular showing stunning market growth and innovation aplenty.
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Soft, but very strong
The UK soft fruit industry heads for Fruit Focus in fine fettle, as sales figures reflect a fine British summer.
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A month of strawberry success
National Summer Fruits' (NSF) fourth British Strawberry Day on June 12 – extended to events throughout the month –proved to be the most successful yet.
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Soft fruit for the future
Fruit for the Future was held at the Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) in Dundee last week. An extensive schedule included seminars on raspberry breeding programmes, raspberry genomics research, climate change and integrated crop management.
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Big plus for BerryWorld
Soft-fruit marketer BerryWorld has joined forces with Edward Vinson, US breeder Harry Swarz and the Hall Hunter Partnership to form BerryWorld Plus with the specific aim of developing new raspberry varieties.
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Berries in spotlight
The continued success of European strawberries means that other berries often pass unnoticed. Across mainland Europe and the UK the rise of lines such as blueberries promises a more prominent future, with a share of the spotlight on the horizon. John Broy reports.
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Go dotty about Polka
New raspberry variety to be launched by Hargreaves Plants at Fruit Focus.