Berries news archive – Page 190

  • Article

    Golden days at Alconeras

    2003-11-21T13:56:12Z

    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.

  • Lesser means more
    Article

    Ocean Spray confident in cranberries

    2003-10-30T16:00:01Z

    Ocean Spray enters peak fresh cranberry period with confidence in UK

  • Growing conditions for cranberries this season have been good so far
    Article

    Cranberries bounce back

    2003-10-16T13:00:01Z

    Forecasts for this season's US cranberry crop are strong despite a decline in likely volumes from the biggest growing area.

  • Brice: named in honour of retiring brothers Simon and Peter
    Article

    New raspberry named in honour of Brice brothers

    2003-10-13T16:26:45Z

    Soft-fruit veterans Simon and Peter Brice have retired with a raspberry being named in their honour

  • Newton
    Article

    Newton added to BerryWorld board

    2003-10-08T17:00:01Z

    Tim Newton has joined the board at BerryWorld

  • The UK is growing increasing quantities of glasshouse Elsanta every year
    Article

    Late start for UK glasshouses

    2003-09-25T07:00:01Z

    Strawberries are pricey on UK markets this week as the outdoor crop tails off and eager buyers await glasshouse fruit.

  • Ronnie McNicol, in pink, celebrates first anniversary of Redeva
    Article

    Redbridge's Redeva reaches first milestone

    2003-09-19T11:36:28Z

    Breeding programme celebrates in Dundee with 2,500 berry tastings

  • Chiquita makes further sale
    Article

    Chiquita makes further sale

    2003-09-07T20:30:05Z

    Produce multi-national Chiquita Brands International is reducing its stake in an Australian business.

  • Dutch and Belgian blackberries are supporting the English crop
    Article

    Berries feel the heat

    2003-08-29T16:27:48Z

    Continued warm weather and a degree of humidity has reduced the volume of English soft fruit.

  • Article

    Organic Bosnian berries boom in Europe

    2003-08-27T11:40:49Z

    Organic berries grown in Bosnia are set to take western Europe by storm.

  • Cranberries are grown on vines in bogs which are flooded to enable harvest
    Article

    Cranberry forecast up

    2003-08-20T16:23:56Z

    Production of cranberries is up this season on last in the US, although the largest producing state has registered a decline.

  • Convenience: a salad to prepare at home
    Article

    Convenience is- unprepared salad

    2003-08-19T21:13:35Z

    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.

  • Article

    A spring in the step of soft fruit

    2003-08-07T12:02:44Z

    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...

  • UK soft fruit in boom
    Article

    UK soft fruit in boom

    2003-07-31T20:35:22Z

    Soft fruit is enjoying a boom in the UK with raspberries in particular showing stunning market growth and innovation aplenty.

  • Article

    Soft, but very strong

    2003-07-27T00:00:00Z

    The UK soft fruit industry heads for Fruit Focus in fine fettle, as sales figures reflect a fine British summer.

  • Article

    A month of strawberry success

    2003-07-27T00:00:00Z

    National Summer Fruits' (NSF) fourth British Strawberry Day on June 12 – extended to events throughout the month –proved to be the most successful yet.

  • Article

    Soft fruit for the future

    2003-07-27T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Article

    Big plus for BerryWorld

    2003-07-25T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Article

    Berries in spotlight

    2003-07-23T09:41:36Z

    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.

  • Article

    Go dotty about Polka

    2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

    New raspberry variety to be launched by Hargreaves Plants at Fruit Focus.