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Bramble Opportunities
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Bramble industry in NC:
-100 acres 1996
-150 acres 2002 (approx)
-90% blackberries
-Arkansas varieties
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Brambles are good for you…..
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Terminal market pricesAtlanta Terminal Market 12-1/2 Pint Flat
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$10.00
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$20.00
$25.00
$30.00
$35.00
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$45.00
January FebruaryMarch April May June July
AugustSeptember
OctoberNovemberDecember
Month
Price
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
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Market opportunities
PYO and pre-pick on farm
Restaurants
Grocery chains
Local markets
Processing
Specialty markets
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Brambles are “Specialty” Crops
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Value Added Potential
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Marketable yield (lbs/plant)
0
5
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30
BlackButte
Arapaho Apache Shawnee Navaho TripleCrown
Kiowa Chickasaw
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Climatic requirements
Raspberries Cool summers, sustained cold winter
temperatures
Blackberries High temperatures, tolerates fluctuating
winter temperatures
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Cultivars
Select cultivar for local conditions and markets
Test new cultivars on limited basis to observe performance
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Raspberry varieties by regionMountains and foothills Reveille, Latham, Citadel, Mandarin, Autumn Bliss, Cherokee, Summit, Red Wing,
Heritage, Ruby, Nordic, Nova, Caroline, Josephine, Anne??
Piedmont Southland, Dormanred, Mandarin Heritage, Caroline, Josephine, Anne??
Coastal Plain Dormanred
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Blackberry varieties by region
Mountains and foothills Brazos, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Darrow,
Navaho, Apache, Ouachita and Chickasaw???
Piedmont and Coastal Plain all of the above and Arapaho, Apache,
Black Satin, Boysenberry, Chester, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Comanche, Hull, Kiowa, Ouachita, Shawnee
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Inputs:
Plants
Irrigation equipment
Chemicals
Trellis
Pruning supplies
Picking containers
Labor
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Labor INTENSIVE
Planting
Pest and weed control
Pruning and training
Harvest
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Viruses!
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Planting stock
Plugs (from TC), handles, suckers, root cuttings, tips, transplantsGood quality,reputable source,disease free, true-to-type“Certified” plants Virus indexed, grown in conditions to limit virus
infection, superior growth, derived from tissue culture plants
Place orders early Fall or spring planting
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Nurseries selling brambles
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/smfruit-index.html
http://www.smallfruits.org/nurserycommdatabase.xls
http://www.aragriculture.org/commhort/fruits/Blackberries/licensedprop.asp
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For more informationWeb sites NCCES http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/
(blackberry and raspberry HIL’s) http://web.vaes.vt.edu/VAES/Publications/
vaesnumpubs.html
AG publications (NCCES) Growing raspberries in North Carolina Blackberry production in North Carolina (out of print,
but on WWW)
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For more informationGrower organizations North American Bramble Growers Association
(www.nabga.com)
Other publications Commercial Bramble Culture, Univ. Georgia (
www.smallfruits.org) Brambles - Production Management and Marketing Bulletin
782-99 Ohio State Univ. http://ohioline.osu.edu/b782/index.html
Bramble Production GuideNRAES, 152 Riley Robb Hall, Cooperative Extension, Ithaca, NY 14853607-255-7654
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