Currants, gooseberries, and jostaberries; a guide for growers, marketers, and researchers in North America.1560222964 Currants, gooseberries, and jostaberries; a guide for growers, marketers, and researchers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Barney, Danny L. and Kim E. Hummer. Food Products Pr. 2005 266 pages $59.95 Hardcover Horticulture horticulture [Lat. hortus=garden], science and art of gardening and of cultivating fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Horticulture generally refers to small-scale gardening, and agriculture to the growing of field crops, usually on a large production/post-harvest handling SB386 Currant currant, northern shrub of the family Saxifragaceae (saxifrage family), of the same genus (Ribes) as the gooseberry bush. The tart berries of the currant may be black, white, or red; the white gooseberry becomes purple when mature. growing in the US was banned in the 1960s when white pine blister rust blister rust: see rust. blister rust Any of several diseases of pines, caused by rust fungi (see fungus) of the genus Cronartium. Blister rust affects sapwood (see was introduced. Since the development of rust-resistant currants and pines, growers are once again interested in Ribes culture and marketing. As part of their evaluation of the global Ribes collection at the National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Oregon Corvallis (IPA: [ˌkɔɹ ˈvæl ɪs]) is a city located in central western Oregon, USA. It is the county seat of Benton CountyGR6 , Barney (U. of Idaho) and Hummer (US Department of Agriculture, Corvallis) provide up-to- date information on currants, gooseberries, and jostaberries (currant-gooseberry hybrids). They include recommendations on Ribes cultivars and parents to obtain desired fruit qualities, and a sample budget for prospective commercial producers. ([c] 2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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