UCCE Fresh Market Caneberry Manual Now Available

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University of California Cooperative Extension proudly presents the Fresh Market Caneberry Manual. Written for California and West coast fresh market caneberry growers by UCCE caneberry experts Mark Bolda and Mark Gaskell, along with extremely valuable contributions from Michael Cahn on irrigation and Elizabeth Mitcham on post harvest fruit management, readers will find up-to-date information on all aspects of raspberry and blackberry production.

This manual is chock-full of accurate and detailed information on raspberry and blackberry production—no California grower should be without it.

Chapters include:

Plant description
Flowering and fruit production
Plant varieties
Macro-tunnel and field management
Pest management
Irrigation, water quality, and fertility
Training and pollination
Harvest methods
Post-harvest handling

With more than 90 color photos (including some gorgeous cover and chapter lead photography by Ed Show), tables and illustrations, this manual is the perfect field reference for growing blackberries and raspberries in California and the western United States.

It is available at the Santa Cruz County UC Cooperative Extension office at 1432 Freedom Blvd in Watsonville for $25 plus tax or you can go to the publication web site and order a copy. Use promotion code PRCRU44 when ordering on-line and you will receive 10% off.

With more than 90 color photos, tables and illustrations and written by the UCCE experts in caneberries, the Fresh Market Caneberry Manual is the perfect field reference for growing blackberries and raspberries in California and the western United States.