Volume 23, Issue 3 The BRAMBLE Autumn, 2008 The Newsletter of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Inc. North American Rasp- Make Your Hotel Reservations NOW berry & Blackberry Make your reservations at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel as soon as possible if Conference Program you are even tentatively planning on coming to the conference. This hotel fills up by October...and maybe sooner!You can change or cancel your reservation without The program has now been finalized for penalty, if you do so before November 12th. So go ahead and make reservations our conference in conjunction with the while you are thinking about it, even if your plans are not definite! Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Our Monday sessions and several other conference events will be held in this Market EXPO in Grand Rapids. hotel, which is connected with the DeVos Place Convention Center, the site of the NARBA is offering a full day of trade show and most of the other educational sessions. It really is a “grand hotel” workshops and educational sessions on looking down on the Grand River, with several museums and park areas just across Monday, December 8, the day before the the river in walking distance. To make a reservation, call 800-253-3590 or 616- regular EXPO opens. A bramble grow- 774-2000 and ask for the “Great Lakes Fruit & Vegetable EXPO” special block. ers luncheon and dutch treat dinner on Room rates are $101 for single or double, $111 for three persons and $121 for four Monday provide additional opportuni- persons. The Expo website, www.glexpo.com, also lists other hotels nearby if this ties to meet and talk with other growers. one is filled up. On Tuesday, December 9, both morning and afternoon bramble sessions will be offered as part of the EXPO’s education The Conference Schedule NABG Research Founda- program. The bramble program finishes and Registration Form tion Requests Proposals Tuesday evening with a presentation by is on pages 6-8. The North American Bramble Growers noted blackberry breeder John Clark on Research Foundation (NABGRF) Inc. is “Blackberries Around the World,” high- Register by November 11 for reduced seeking proposals for bramble research lighting his travels to the many countries rates. (If you are not coming to the for the year 2009. where this American native fruit is now Expo, you may also use the form on All bramble proposals will be consid- produced. page 8 to renew your membership ered, however preference will be given to The program on Monday, December – but send it to the NARBA office proposals related to germplasm devel- 8 and Dr. Clark’s evening talk on Tuesday instead of the EXPO.) opment, pest management strategies, will be held in the Amway Grand Plaza marketing, and cultural management to Hotel. Tuesday sessions take place in the improve yield and quality. Some spe- adjoining DeVos Place Convention Cen- Thank You, cific areas of interest for include: primo- ter. Tuesday through Thursday also in- Conference Sponsors! cane blackberry and raspberry breeding, clude a huge trade show and educational The following companies have signed orange rust, food safety, marketing, and sessions on many other topics, including on to sponsor the North American health and nutrition benefits of raspber- direct marketing, tree fruit, blueber- Raspberry & Blackberry Conference ries and/or blackberries. ries, various vegetables, farm labor, and this year. We thank them for their Funding for individual projects is ex- organic production. t support! (This list reflects sponsors pected to range from $1500-$3000. Last confirmed as of September 12; others In this Issue: year, 10 projects were funded for a total will likely be added.) of $16,000. This is a much higher level Conference Info...... 1 Platinum Level of funding than previous years, due to the Conference Schedule...... 6 Sun Belle, Inc. new Nursery Contribution Program. We Registration Form...... 7, 8 Gold Level hope this support will continue and ex- pand! Proposals will be reviewed by the Request for Proposals...... 1 Nourse Farms New Fumigants Regulations...... 2 NABRF Research Committee, with final Silver Level decisions made by the Board of Trustees. Fall Bramble Chores...... 3 Hartmann’s Plant Company Awards will be sent out in early 2009. Grower Profile: Redberry Farm...... 4 Bronze Level All submissions are to be sent in Raspberry Crown Borer...... 9 Dole Foods, Inc. electronically. For more information visit Affiliate Member News...... 10 UNSPECIFIED www.raspberryblackberry.com or contact [email protected]. The deadline Future for Processed Raspberries.. 12 Trellis Growing Systems, Inc. for proposals is December 1, 2008.t Call for Nominations Elections for seats on the Executive Briefly Speaking... Council, NARBA’s board of directors, Are you seeing RED? In this case, it’s not a color, but shorthand for EPA’s Re- will be held at NARBA’s annual meet- registration Eligibility Documents. EPA recently released RED’s for common ing on December 9, 2008. The seats for soil fumigants, including methyl bromide, chloropicrin, metam and dazomet. four Regional Representatives are open These documents summarize EPA’s judgment on what will be required for EPA to for election. (We elect even-numbered re-register these products. Obviously, if you don’t fumigate before planting, these seats in even numbered years and odd- regulations won’t affect you. On the other hand, if you do rely on fumigation, the numbered seats in odd-numbered years. requirements listed in these documents could make fumigation as you know it dif- (Sharp-thinking members will note that ficult or impossible. Check out the article below. this meeting being held in December Golden Raspberries. This year, the Washington crop was a bit short, due to a 2008 is an EVEN year. Our meeting this tough winter and a lackluster spring. No one complained too much though, be- December actually serves as our 2009 cause the price of processed raspberries was, well, incredible. Lowly Juice Stock annual meeting, because our 2009 con- went for $1.70 per pound, compared with $0.47 last year. Individually Frozen ber- ference has been shifted forward into De- ries were going for $2.10 per pound. Reduced production from Serbia and Chile cember, 2008. We’ll be back on schedule certainly played a role, and no one seems to think the prices will stay this way in 2010!) forever. In the meantime, it’s time to do all the maintenance projects deferred dur- Open Seats ing the last few lean years. The regions with open seats, and their I look forward to seeing you all in Michigan this December – it will be an excel- current representatives, are: lent program and trade show! Region 1 (all of Canada) Henry Mutz, —Tom Walters, NARBA President Berryhaven Farm, Abbotsford, BC Region 3 (Represents MI, NJ, NY, PA and Europe), Susan Lynn, Sand Hill Berries, Soil Fumigants Will Be good management practices that also re- Mt. Pleasant, PA duce risks to bystanders. Depending upon Region 5 (represents AL, GA, FL, LA, MS Subject to New Safety the fumigant, buffers can be reduced with & TX). Stanley Scarborough, SunnyRidge Measures VIF films, bed fumigation, high organic Farm, Winter Haven, FL From an EPA communication, Washing- matter soils, or other factors. Houses or (represents DC, KY, NC, SC, Region 7 ton, D.C. - July 10, 2008. other structures within the buffer zone TN & VA) Cal Blake, Caludi’s Fields, must be vacated for 48 hours after fumi- Do you use soil fumigation on your Lexington, KY gation. farm? EPA has enacted new safety mea- At-Large Representative: Mark sures for soil fumigant pesticides to in- • Posting requirements to inform bystand- Bolda, University of CA Co-op crease protections for agricultural work- ers and field workers about the location Extension,Watsonville, CA ers and bystanders – people who live, and timing of fumigations and associated If you wish to nominate someone work, or otherwise spend time near fields buffer zones so people do not enter these – and don’t be shy about volunteering that are fumigated. These regulations are areas. by nominating yourself – contact the for the soil fumigants methyl bromide, • Monitoring buffer zone perimeters or NARBA office. . t chloropicrin, dazomet, metam sodium, providing emergency response informa- and metam potassium. Similar rules are tion directly to neighbors. The BRAMBLE is a quarterly publica- already in place for the fumigants Telone • More stringent worker protection mea- tion of the North American Raspberry and Midas (iodomethane). sures, including required use of respira- & Blackberry Association (NARBA), When fumigants dissipate from the tors by all personnel in the fumigation formerly the North American Bramble soil, workers or bystanders who are zone, along with fit-testing of the respira- Growers Association (NABGA), and is exposed to these pesticides may experi- tors, and fitness testing of users (to make a benefit of membership in the associa- sure they can safely wear a respirator). tion. For sample copy, reprint permision, ence eye or respiratory irritation, or more membership information, and advertising severe and irreversible effects, depending • Classification of all fumigants as re- rates, contact on the fumigant and level of exposure. stricted-use pesticides, to ensure that only NARBA Mitigation measures in the new regula- specially trained individuals can apply 1138 Rock Rest Road tions include: and oversee fumigant operations. Pittsboro, NC 27312 • Site-specific fumigant management EPA’s decision will also halt the use Phone: 919-542-4037 plans before fumigations begin. of methyl bromide on sites where alterna- Fax: 866-511-6660 (toll-free) tives are available. E-mail: [email protected] • Buffer zones around treated fields. Buf- If you use fumigants, take the time to Web:www.raspberryblackberry.com fers vary according to field size, applica- tion rate, and application practices and check out the detailed information on the The Bramble © NARBA 2008 can be adjusted based on the use of other EPA website at www.epa.gov/oppsrrd1/

 The Bramble: newsletter of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Authmn 2008 reregistration/soil_fumigants/ . For de- Fall Bramble termine what weeds have been or could tails on buffer zones, see the registration be a problem in your area. Check with documents for the individual fumigants. Chores your state’s agricultural chemical manual Most of the measures are scheduled to This list was developed by and local extension agent for the best la- go into effect in 2010, and it is a LOT of Dr. Gina Fernandez, Small Fruit Special- beled chemicals to control these weeds. new regulations. ist at NC State University and reviewed Insect and disease scouting EPA considers these decisions final and revised with the assistance of Dr. q Continue scouting for insects and but is soliciting comment concerning Marvin Pritts at Cornell. Chores and diseases and treat with pesticides if implementation approaches, with a dead- timing may be somewhat different in your necessary (follow recommendations in line of October 30. If you would like to area or for your cropping system. your state). send comments, visit the EPA website Plant growth and development q Remove damaged canes from field as listed above for information on how to q Primocanes continue to grow but slow soon as possible to lessen the impact send them. down. of the pest. In some regions, Telone:chloropic- q Flower buds start to form in leaf axils Planting rin mixtures are commonly used prior to on summer-fruiting types. q Growers in southern areas can plant in planting raspberries, but we do not know q Carbohydrates and nutrients in canes the fall. the extent of fumigant use in the bramble begin to move into the roots. q In cooler areas, prepare list of cultivars industry – note that the only labelled use q Primocane leaves senesce late fall. for next spring’s new plantings. Find of Methyl Bromide for brambles is for q Primocane fruiting types begin to a commercial small fruit nursery list raspberry nursery. We’d like to hear from flower in late summer/early fall and at www.fruit.cornell.edu/Berries/ grower and extension members about the fruit matures until frost in fall. nurseries extent and importance of fumigant use in Harvest your region and the effect these regula- Nutrient management q Harvest primocane fruiting raspber- tions will have. Please e-mail info@rasp- q Take soil tests to determine fertility ries. berryblackberry.com with your thoughts, needs for new spring plantings. or post them to our online E-Forum (see Pruning and trellising q Non-nitrogenous fertilizers are best q applied in the fall to established plant- page 5). t Remove spent floricanes as soon as possible. ings. Online Produce Safety q Optimal time to prune is after the cold- q If soil is bare, plant an overwintering est part of the winter is over. However cover crop (e.g. rye) to build organic Course Offered pruning can start in late fall if plant- matter and slow soil erosion. Implementing Good Agricultural ings are large (late winter for smaller Marketing and miscellaneous Practices is a three-week web-based plantings). q Order containers for next season. course offered through the National q Start trellis repairs after plants have q Make contacts for selling fruit next GAPs Program. The next session will be defoliated. season. held in October – if interested, contact Weed management q Plan on attending the North American Betsy Bihn, National GAPs Program Many spring and summer weed problems Raspberry & Blackberry Conference Coordinator at [email protected] or can be best managed with fall- and win- in Grand Rapids, Dec. 8-9 (see pages 315-787-2625. ter-applied preemergent herbicides. De- 1, 6-8). This is a pilot course, meaning it contains all the course content but asks safety recommendations. If you have for your feedback and evaluation so that an interest in being part of this effort, developers can fine-tune the course ma- contact the NARBA office. terial. Seats for the current section of the course are paid for by a grant from USDA that also was used to develop the Learn about High Tunnel course content, so it will not cost you to Raspberries! participate. However, do not enroll un- With a combined couple of decades less you plan to complete the course. If of experience in high tunnel rasp- you register and do not participate, you berry and blackberry production, are taking someone else’s chance to take presenters will share information on part in the session because class size is their successes and a few mistakes limited to 25 participants. The course that no one should have to repeat. includes reading materials, assignments, Workshop participants will leave with a clear idea of where to start and what to do online discussion boards, and self-tests. after the crops are in the ground. Join us if you want to extend your berry produc- NARBA’s Food Safety Task Force, is tion through a good chunk of the year!! – Katy Demchak. working to develop bramble-specific food

The Bramble: Newsletter of the North American Bramble Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Autumn 2008  G R O W E R P R O F I L E Redberry Farm Phil and Theresa DeLange have been members of NARBA since 1990. Since they farm near Grand Rapids, MI, and plans to be at our conference in Decem- ber, this seemed like a good time to intro- duce them through the newsletter. The DeLanges started raising small fruit when they bought their farm in Hudsonville, MI, in 1974. Both Phil and Theresa were brought up on farms. “We had chickens, and her family was dairy,” recalls Phil, “but we also had some straw- berries and raspberries when I was a kid. When we married, we were both teachers. When our oldest child was in sixth grade, we moved to the farm and started raising The DeLange family in July 2008, including 15 grandchildren. strawberries.” They added raspberries in 1982 and now have about fifteen acres the DeLanges replaced the planting with hold up the canes as they get heavy with of strawberries and two of fall-bearing varieties that are more recent. “Polana is fruit or get blown by wind.” raspberries. After years of trying to sell the highest producing,” says Phil, “and Phil reports that the farm has lots of fall berries at the end of the school day Caroline is right behind. Autumn Brit- Japanese beetles, and sometimes leaf (they don’t fit into the school year as well ten has the nicest fruit. We’re also trying hoppers. Proper spraying is essential, for as the strawberries), Phil retired 15 years Jaclyn and Joan J.” these and for leaf diseases and fruit mold ago after a 32-year teaching career and The farm has very sandy soil, so as (Botrytis). But, he says, “Raspberries are now farms full time. Recently, they pur- they replant the new rows, Phil works in easy to grow compared to strawberries. chased an additional 60 acres. They have compost and clay to improve the soil’s The biggest task is selling them.” planted seven acres of strawberries there, nutrient and water-holding capacity—he’s They sell 50 percent of their crop and next spring will add another seven able to get truckloads of clay for only pick-your-own, 30 percent at their own acres. “We have enough room for long the cost of trucking. “The new plants are retail market, and 20 percent wholesale rotations—hopefully to keep black root growing beautifully,” says Phil. “Drip to vendors who sell them at area farmers’ rot disease at bay,” says Phil. irrigation that I’ve installed in the newer markets. Prices are $2.75/lb for pick- They started out with Heritage plantings is also helping, but I can’t tell your-own, $3.75/pint retail at the farm, raspberries, because they were about all for sure just what makes the difference. and $36/12-pint flat wholesale. “I’d like that was available. These did well for 20 Maybe we need some real research on to sell more wholesale,” says Phil, “but years; then finally, about six years ago, this topic.” they have such a limited shelf life that The DeLanges my buyers can’t buy too far in advance.” used to narrow the They’ve never taken any to farmers’ rows in the spring markets themselves. “We’re busy enough using a rototiller. at the farm.” To pick the fruit, they use a Notes Phil, “We now group of about a half dozen local women. use gramoxone spray These pickers are paid by the hour rather to kill the edges and than by the piece so they pick carefully narrow the row to and don’t rush. Theresa runs the retail about 15 inches. A sales, says Phil. “She is busy in our lawn mower after a market selling berries, pumpkins, squash, few weeks can then corn stalks, straw bales, gourds, jam, keep the new sprouts honey…and the list goes on. She arrang- cut back. This is es the wholesale details too. She packs important to limit the the raspberries as they come off the field disease pressure and and buys apples and mums for resale.” makes picking easier. Redberry Farm is about half way be- We also trellis with tween Grand Rapids and Holland, Michi- Fhil DeLange with a young customer at the PYO checkout. baling twine to help gan, with other towns also nearby, and

 The Bramble: newsletter of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Authmn 2008 has an excellent customer base Theresa DeLange manages the within 20 miles. Word of mouth farm’s retail market. and signs are their best forms of advertising, says Phil, “though son, Dale. Of their five children, it would be nice if the town- he is the one who would like to ship sign regulations were more continue the farm. “We had a relaxed.” He has to place signs family meeting this summer to carefully to avoid getting a call talk about how to do this in an about them. The DeLanges used equitable way. It was friendly to do school tours and festivals and everyone agreed,” says Phil. but have stopped – they’re busy Dale has left his former job to enough and have enough cus- farm full-time, and Phil and The- tomers, and prefer to be farmers resa will be retiring…but still not entertainers. “When people continuing to help as needed or come to pick their own,” notes requested. Phil, “they often make it a fun under the big maple tree.” We wish Phil and Theresa the time. The children like to check out our Within the next year, Phil and Theresa best in this second retirement and hope to animals and they can eat a picnic lunch will be selling the farm to their middle see all three of them at the conference!

new primocanes to prune back, I thought wet, so most of the cane is gone by the Q & A it would be a good idea to chop them up, time things start rolling again in March. along with our peach tree prunings, and Disease and insect-wise we don’t really I wonder if you would be able to put them in a compost pile. My question have anything that would come from Qprovide any leads as to possible is what do YOU do with your primocane those discarded canes. suppliers of bramble LEAVES on a and floricane prunings in the fall after year-round basis. I’m keeping some ollow-up on original question. After berry season is over? Do you simply pile Fresearching the cost of a wood chip- folivorous insects, – katydids – that seem them up and burn them or do you turn to thrive on raspberry and blackberry per/shredder, flail mower, and the variety them into mulch for your compost pile? of ways to deal with the results of my leaves, but since I live in Massachusetts If you turn them into mulch, what type of I’m going to need to find someone who pruning efforts, I decided to use my trac- wood chipper/shredder or other piece of tor and position the bucket at ground lev- can send me leaves during the winter. machinery do you use? Any suggestions you can provide would el in such a way to push the prunings to be greatly appreciated. Thank you! From Nathan Milburn. Milburn the end of the row and then onto a burn — Ian Wickersham AOrchards, Inc. We are mainly an pile. The thought of using them to create orchard operation... so we use what we a compost pile was a good idea (in my Reply to Ian at: [email protected]. have and it seems to work for us. We mind), but practically speaking it would From a Canadian grower: I would have a three-point hitch “flail-pak” brush just take too much time to do all that. Qlike to know if fire blightdisease is cutter or mower. It is not a mower-type And, from the responses I received, you a common problem in the containerized brushcutter but a hammer flailing ma- all seem to agree. I tried using my bush bramble production under high tunnels. chine that when used makes brush disap- hog to chop them up in the row and then If so, I would also like to know which pear into the orchard floor. It strips the grind them up with my finishing mower, products are used to limit or to eliminate bark off, mulches, and leaves it in the row but that seemed to cause more problems the disease, other than copper spray at for soil building and makes for a great rather than less. So off to the burn pile bloom time. way for your costumers to see you going they go! t Respond to [email protected]. “green” instead of burning. Yes, you are From a grower in the Southeast: leaving it in the field, against what the Join the Conversation! QI’m researching the feasibility of textbooks tell you, but I have yet to run Got questions? Got answers? Or buying a wood chipper/shredder to into disease or pest problems and it takes just want to comment about life as a use as a means of converting my erect a lot less man hours to deal with it on-site bramble grower or share an experi- blackberry floricanes (after harvest) and instead of pulling it out of the field. ence? If you have not joined our E- lateral primocane cuttings into material From Mark Bolda, U of CA Exten- Forum on Google Groups and would suitable for a compost pile. Previously, Asion, Watsonville. In California, like to be added directly, send a we’d just stack them up into a pile and nobody ever takes the time to remove the request to info@raspberryblackberry. burn them once they completely dried spent floricanes from the field. It is all com. and I will put you on. It’s easy. out. However, with over 2500 floricanes piled in the row middles and disked in. —Debby Wechsler, Exec. Secretary to prune out this year along with all the However, our winters are temperate and

The Bramble: Newsletter of the North American Bramble Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Autumn 2008  Program of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Conference December 8-9, 2008 in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Monday, December 8 2:00 Grower Spotlight: Growing and Marketing Extraordi- All sessions take place at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel nary Brambles in Southwest Michigan – Chuck & Coco Concurrent Workshops 9:00 a.m. – Noon ­McCallum, Riverside, MI Registration limited. Preregistration strongly advised. 2:30 Bramble Herbicides for Today and Tomorrow – Bernard Zandstra, Horticulture Dept., MSU  Features practi- High Tunnel Raspberries Workshop. 2:50 “Berrying” the Aging Brain – Jim Joseph, USDA-ARS/ cal information for getting started, and covers topics such Tufts, Boston. Dr. Joseph is one of the leading research- as variety selection, techniques that extend the production ers into health benefits of berries season, and marketing. Presenters will discuss the big ques- 3:30 New Information on Where & When to Irrigate Rasp- tion, “Does this pay?” and offer insights on what worked, what berries – Thomas Walters, Mount Vernon Research didn’t, and why. Led by Kathy Demchak, Penn State Univer- Station, Washington State Univ. sity, other presenters TBA. 8:00 Blackberries Around the World – Observations and  Bramble Fundamentals Workshop. Valuable for novice Stories. Emerald Room, Amway Grand Plaza Hotel. and prospective growers, as well as more experienced grow- Blackberry breeder John R. Clark, Univ. of Arkansas, ers who want a refresher on the basics. Topics will include has traveled to most continents in the world working with economics, getting started, varieties and sources, production blackberries in a range of diverse climates and cultures. methods, management of water, soil, and pests, post-harvest The expansion of this American native fruit provides a considerations, and more. The workshop program will be unique story as production increases in many countries. led by highly respected bramble specialists Marvin Pritts of Cornell Univ. and Eric Hanson of Michigan State Univ. Partici- Also at the EXPO pants will be able to purchase the new NRAES Raspberry & When you register for the Expo to come to our Tuesday Blackberry Production Guide at a deeply discounted price. sessions, all these programs, and more, are also open to Bramble Growers Luncheon (Noon - 1:30 p.m.) you. Visit www.glexpo.com for details. Informal visiting and brief grower presentations. (If you’d like Trade Show: 8-5 Tuesday & Wednesday, 8-1 Thursday to talk briefly about your farm and show 3-5 pictures, contact NARBA.) Tuesday: Asparagus, Farm Marketing, Pickling Cucum- bers, Tomatoes and Peppers, Cole Crops, Grapes, Pota- Afternoon Sessions toes, Fruit Variety Showcase (includes raspberries) 1:30 Grower Spotlight: Diversified Success – Fred & Linda Koenigshof, K&K Farm, Coloma MI Wednesday: Sweet Cider, Blueberry, Cherry, Farm Mar- 2:15 Pruning, Trellising, and Training – Panel Discussion keting, High Tunnels/Hoop Houses, Onions, Sweet Corn, Richard Barnes, Tanglewood Berry Farm & Trellis Grow- Carrots, Celery, Farm Marketing, Tree Fruit, Vine Crops ing Systems, IN; Phil Johnson, Walnut Springs Farm, MD; Thursday: Cider Tasting, Organics, Cranberries, and work- Stanley Scarborough, SunnyRidge Farm, FL/GA/NC shops on Bakeries, Web Development, Processing, Health 3:30 Off To a Good Start: Pre-plant and planting consider- and Safety, and Sweet Corn IPM ations – Marvin Pritts, Cornell Univ. 4:15 Bramble-Specific GAPs Recommendations – NARBA Food Safety Task Force 5:00 NARBA Annual Meeting How To Register Bramble Growers Dinner (6:30 pm – ) The Great Lakes Expo is handling all the registration for the A dutch treat dinner at a nearby restaurant (location to be an- Raspberry & Blackberry Conference. You may use the regis- nounced). All are welcome. tration form to join NARBA or renew your membership (see Tuesday, December 9 back of form). Those joinng NARBA with their registration may take full advantage of member discounts. You may also All sessions are part of the Great Lakes EXPO and take place in the Devos Place Convention Center. register on-line at www.glexpo.com. Note that you need to register separately for the Monday 9:00 Grower Spotlight: Blackberry Production in the Far North – Gary Bardenhagen, Lake Leelanau, MI events. Registration for the EXPO itself admits you to the 9:20 Breeding Exceptional Blackberries – John R. Clark, Tuesday bramble sessions, the trade show, and the other edu- Univ. of Arkansas cational sessions, except any fee-based workshops. 9:50 Research Reports from the North American Bramble Our Monday workshops are $26 for members and $50 Growers Foundation (several presenters) for non-members. The afternoon program is free to mem- 10:30 Midwest Bramble Insects in the Field and Under Tun- bers and $16 for non-members. Spouses attending the same nels – Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State Univ. workshop pay half price for the second person. Tickets for 10:50 New Developments in Bramble Disease Control – the Bramble Luncheon are $15. Mike Ellis, Ohio State Univ. If you have questions, call 919-542-4037. Lunch on your own, visit trade show

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NORTH AMERICAN RASPBERRY & BLACKBERRY ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP AND MONDAY PROGRAM (DECEMBER 8) membership Fees (See dues schedule on back of form) FEES below show Member/Non-member rates. Check box below and insert total amount due. $______bramble Fundamentals Workshop ($26/$50) High Tunnel raspberries Workshop ($26/$50) afternoon educational Session (Free/$16) $______Figure ½ off for spouse attending same workshop/session. Check box for spouse attendance and add to amount due. $______bramble Growers luncheon – Noon, monday, December 8 _____@$15 $______

CONTRIBUTION FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION (See contribution info on back of form) michigan State Horticultural Society Trust Fund $______aND/Or michigan Vegetable Council Fund $______$______

TOTAL AMOUNT DUE (ALL PAYMENTS MUST BE MADE IN U.S. DOLLARS) $ Payment must accompany form: Enclose check or money order payable to Great Lakes EXPO and mail to: “Just Your Type” Conference Registration Service, 1302 Blanchard, Flint, MI 48503

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REGISTRATION, MEMBERSHIP AND FREE SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Your EXPO registration, except for Thursday Only registrations, provides admission for all three days to the trade show and all education sessions. For everyone paying the regular registration fee, registration includes membership in the Michigan State Horticultural Society (Fruit) or the Michigan Vegetable Council (Vegetable). The Fruit/Vegetable registration includes membership in both organizations. Regular registrations also include the following free subscriptions:

1. Michigan State Horticultural Society (MSHS) members and MSHS Life Members who are U.S. residents receive FREE one- year subscriptions to The Fruit Growers News and American Fruit Grower. Residents of Canada receive a FREE one-year subscription to The Grower (published by the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association). U.S. residents also can choose to receive FREE one-year subscriptions to additional publications by checking the boxes on the front of this form.

2. Michigan Vegetable Council (MVC) members who are U.S. residents receive FREE one-year subscriptions to The Vegetable Growers News and American Vegetable Grower. Residents of Canada receive a FREE one-year subscription to The Grower (published by the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Association). U.S. residents also can choose to receive FREE one- year subscriptions to additional publications by checking the boxes on the front of this form.

3. Members of both MSHS and MVC receive FREE one-year subscriptions to all publications listed in No. 1 and 2. This dual membership is also available to MSHS Life Members.

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NORTH AMERICAN RASPBERRY & BLACKBERRY ASSOCIATION (NARBA) MEMBERSHIP Benefits of NARBA membership include discounted workshop/session fees at the NARBA Conference on December 8, The Bramble quarterly newsletter, the proceedings of the annual conference, discounts on publications, participation in an on-line E-Forum, promotional resources (recipe cards, health benefit handouts) and representation on and participation in national issues of concern to the bramble industry. For more information, visit www.raspberryblackberry.com or e-mail [email protected]. For growers, membership is by farm business, not by individual. Dues paid with this registration cover membership through the 2009 calendar year. NARBA membership does not include your EXPO registration. Name(s) ______

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 The Bramble: newsletter of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Authmn 2008 The Biology and Man- head is black with yellow rings around each eye and black antennae; the thorax agement of Raspberry is brownish black with three yellow spots Crown Borer on each side between the eye and the By Jackie A. McKern, D.T. Johnson and forewing; each segment of the abdomen, B. Lewis (excerpts from: McKern et al. except the last, is encircled by two con- 2007) University of Arkansas, Depart- trasting bands, the anterior black and the ment of Entomology posterior yellow. The forewings are trans- parent with a brown discal cell and bor- The raspberry crown borer, Pennisetia dered by brown. The bands of yellow on marginata (Harris) (Family: Sesiidae; the female are usually more pronounced clearwing moths), is a pest of blackber- and wider when compared to the male. ries and other cane fruits. The female has smooth antennae, an Distribution The adult crown borer is a clearwing enlarged abdomen and the last abdominal This pest is native to North America. The moth that looks a lot like a yellow jacket segment is solid yellow with a very slight distribution has been recorded as: New wasp. Photo courtesy Marvin Pritts, anal tuft. The male has comb-like (pec- England west to Nebraska and south to Cornell. tinate) antennae and the last abdominal Georgia and an additional distribution 1/16˝ long and appear slightly rough un- segment is black mixed with yellow with in Washington, Oregon, California, New der magnification. In October and early a large anal tuft. Mexico, and British Columbia, Canada. November in Arkansas, single eggs can Biology be found on the underside of the new Damage Knowing the biology of a pest is impor- lighter green terminal leaves that devel- If preventative control is not maintained, tant for the implementation of efficient oped in September. within a few years the accumulated dam- control tactics. Recent evidence indicates Larvae, after hatching in October, age by larval feeding within the crowns the raspberry crown borer in Arkansas are 1/10˝ long with a brown head and a can result in a significant reduction in completes its life cycle in one year, in- white body covered with a few colorless yield and plant death. During the mid- to stead of the two years required in cooler, hairs. A full-grown larva found in August late summer, some larvae will feed in the more northern latitudes. Adult flight and may be 1.1˝ long with a smooth red- lower couple inches of a cane, weakening egg laying can occur from mid-Septem- dish brown head and a dull white body. the cane, reducing nutrient flow. Trellised ber through mid-October. Flight varies Along the ventral surface, the body is plants may exhibit reduced cane vigor from year to year, for example in Con- constricted and has three pairs of short whereas wind may break the weakened way, AR the flight began on September prolegs. A distinguishing characteristic is base of free-standing canes. They can 16 in 2004 and was delayed until Octo- the crochets on the prolegs that resemble become girdled, causing the whole cane ber 5 in 2005. Mating occurs in the late small setose spines rather than hooks. to dry up and the terminal form a dead morning on the upper side of a shaded Before May, the larvae are very difficult shepherd’s crook. Larval tunneling also blackberry leaf. A virgin female raises to find under the bark on the lower canes. provides entry for pathogens and mois- her abdomen and begins calling males Larvae can be found inside crowns and in ture that cause the crown to decay and by everting her ovipositor, beating her the lower four inches of canes from early die. wings and releasing a sex pheromone. May until pupation in August or early Males in range follow the pheromone Life Stages and Life Cycle September. odor (plume) upwind toward the “call- Eggs are reddish brown, oval in shape, Pupae are reddish brown, varying ing” female. As the male lands near the in length from ¾˝ to 1˝. Legs are held female, she stops wing fanning and the closely to the body and are unable to male begins wing fanning. The couple move. They have a circlet of spines locat- circles each other for about 20 minutes ed dorsally on each abdominal segment then mate for about 90 minutes. During facing downward used to aid pupa to exit the day, mated females fly from plant to tunnel in cane or crown when molting to plant within a row depositing single eggs a moth. The male pupa is smaller than on the underside of newer blackberry the female and has two rows of spines on leaves, usually one of the new fall flush the sixth abdominal segment, whereas of lighter green terminal leaves. A single the female has one row. The head of the moth may lay up to 150 eggs. Egg devel- pupa terminates in a four-angled, sharply opment requires from 40 to 60 days with pointed process. hatch occurring from early October to Moths mimic yellow jacket wasps. early November. The young larva chews a They vary in both size and color between Larvae, which are white with a brownish small exit hole in the egg. Upon hatching, sexes. Males have wingspangs of from head, burrow inside the canes. ¾˝ to 1˝, the females from 1˝ to 1.5˝. The Continued on page 8

The Bramble: Newsletter of the North American Bramble Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Autumn 2008  Biology and Manage- through the side of the cane leaving a son. The insecticide bifenthrin, applied thin intact covering of bark for protection as a soil drench directed at the base of ment of Raspberry against weather and predators. Pupation blackberry plants using 50 to100 gal of Crown Borer occurs from mid August through mid- to spray solution per acre in the last week of Continued from previous page late September. In mid-September to October and early November, resulted in larvae follow the leaf veins to the petiole early October, the chisel-like head of excellent control (99 to 100% mortality) and began crawling down the cane on the the pupa breaks through the thin layer of the overwintering larvae on the lower shaded side toward the ground. The de- of bark covering the escape tunnel. The canes, slightly less control when applied scent of the larva averages 15 cm within pupa wriggles part way out of the cane by in early April (83 to 90% mortality), and 5 min. Within 30 minutes it reaches the flexing its spined abdominal segments. poor control when applied in May (33% bottom of the cane, wedges itself in a The pupal case splits lengthwise and the mortality) (McKern et al. 2007). small bark crevice, and bores into the adult crawls out, leaving the pupal case In October 2005 and 2007, two for- bark leaving only a small pinpoint of protruding from the cane. At this point, mulations of bifenthrin (Capture 2EC, frass and silk at the entry point. It forms males fly off in search of females. Virgin Brigade 2EC Brigade WSB) received a round cavity in the bark (hibernaculum) female moths walk up the cane to a leaf EPA registration for caneberries against where it curls up and is inactive over the in the upper canopy and begin calling raspberry crown borer at a rate of 6.4 oz winter. The following spring the larva males for mating. product/acre (0.1 lbs a.i./acre). Directions tunnels into the cambium. By early May, Control for use are: apply 6.4 oz product/acre, the larva begins to tunnel into the crown Better raspberry crown borer manage- post-harvest (fall) or pre-bloom (spring), of the plant and feed. From late April to ment could result in more sustained, as a drench application directed at the early August, larvae occur in the crown healthy caneberry plantings that could crown of plants in a minimum of 200 beneath the soil making it difficult for yield fruit for a longer period of time. gallons water/acre. Research in Arkansas insecticide to contact larvae and control Currently, blackberry plantings are has noted sprays diluted in 50 gallons them. By the end of July or early August removed every 6-8 years. Timing of ap- water/acre to be effective against rasp- the larva is fully developed. The mature plications could make a significant dif- berry crown borer (McKern et al. 2007). larva bores from the crown upwards into ference in the efficacy of treatments due Greater efficacy is observed in an appli- a cane to a few inches above soil level. to the different locations of the larvae cation prior to a significant rainfall event. The larva bores a small escape tunnel within the plant throughout the sea- Do not make pre-bloom foliar and pre-

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10 The Bramble: newsletter of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Authmn 2008 bloom drench applications. Restrictions: Ohio, two parasitoids emerged in the fall vidual quick-freeze equipment (IQF), can do not apply more than 0.20 lbs. a.i. per from raspberry crown borer pupae, e.g., quick-freeze produce and berries at a rate acre per season and do not apply within 3 Pterocormus chasmodops and Bracon of 600 pounds a minute. The technology days of harvest. bembeciae, but none have been collected isn’t new, but the mobility is. Natural Enemies in Arkansas. t “Built at a cost of $40,000, with fund- There are a few natural enemies of the Reference Cited ing from a U.S. Department of Agri- raspberry crown borer but all produce Capinera, J.L., W.S. Cranshaw, and H.G. culture and the Vermont Department of less than 67% reduction in the local borer Hughes. 1986. Suppression of raspberry Tourism, its use will be free – for now population, while several insecticides crown borer, Pennisetia marginata (Har- – as the state Agency of Agriculture tests (including Capture) cause nearly 100% ris) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae) with soil ap- it. Next spring, a private operator is ex- mortality. The nematode Steinernema plications of Steinernema feltiae (Rhab- pected to take over, but it’s unknown how feltiae caused 33 to 67% raspberry crown ditida: Steinernematidae). J. Invert. Path. much the service will cost then. borer larval mortality when applied to 48: 257-258. Demand for frozen Vermont ber- soil in Colorado in June and July (Cap- McKern, J.A., D.T. Johnson, and B.A. ries is what led to the idea. The Vermont inera et al. 1986). Two entomopathogenic Lewis. 2007. Biology and control of the Mystic Pie Co. wanted local strawber- nematodes, S. carpocapsae and Het- raspberry crown borer, Pennisetia mar- ries and raspberries that held their shape. erorhabditis bacteriophora, applied as ginata (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae). J. Econ. The company could freeze stronger ber- a soil drench to the base of blackberry Entomol. 100: 398-404. ries such as blueberries in bulk, but the raspberries and strawberries were often plants in early April caused 53 and 33% Mobile Freezer Helps raspberry crown borer larval mortality, too mushy to work with. Now, they can whereas S. feltiae applied in October Vermont Farmers be individually quick frozen at the farm. after egg hatch killed 46% of raspberry Edited/excepted from an article by As- With the freezing unit up and running, crown borer larvae (McKern et al. 2007). sociated Press writer Lisa Rathke. Vermont Mystic Pie plans to use 50,000 On October 11 and 14, several raspberry The Vermont Agency of Agriculture pounds of berries over the next couple of crown borer egg parasitoids in the fam- is experimenting with a quick-freeze unit years, with plans for strawberry rhubarb ily Eulophidae emerged from several on a trailer that can process and freeze and raspberry apple pies. It’s also good hundred eggs collected from a black- fruits and vegetables at the farm. for farmers who have a glut of product berry planting in Conway, Arkansas. In According to the article, the indi- but not enough refrigeration capacity..t

The Bramble: Newsletter of the North American Bramble Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Autumn 2008 11 A F F I L I A T E M E M B E R S Farms, were pleased to produce yields sociation has started making plans for considerably higher than expected. In their annual meeting which will be held New Affiliate Member general, they produced over 2000 flats in January. Currently the association has per acre in their first year of production. a membership of more than 25 farms and We welcome the Oregon Raspberry & The crop in western North Carolina over 10 associate members. In January Blackberry Commission (ORBC) as a ripened about two weeks ahead of sched- 2008 the organization held its first annual new affiliate member. The commission ule. Above-average temperatures in late meeting in Shelby, NC, where it adopted represents more than 550 Oregon grow- May through mid June contributed to the by-laws and hosted an education program ers and focuses primarily on promotion, earliness in the crop. May and June were focusing on insect and disease manage- but also supports research and grower drier than usual which minimized disease ment issues. education. The state is the largest produc- and weed pressure. Growers are looking ers of blackberries in the U.S., though its forward to a busy 2009! The blackberry Examining the Future for raspberry production has shrunk sig- industry in North Carolina is in expan- nificantly in the past decade. Most of its Processed Raspberries sion mode for sure! In 2009 there will be fruit sold for processing. ORBC recently Edited from an article by Tom Krugman, over 250 acres of fresh market blackberry unveiled a new look at its website, www. Development Coordinator, Washing- production in western North Carolina oregon-berries.com/. Check it out! ton Red Raspberry Commission, in the that was not there in 2007. WRRC August 2008 newsletter. North Carolina Blackberry Sunnyridge Farms opened their new The Institute of Food Technologists “Carolina Berry Center” in Lawndale, Annual Meeting & Food Expo in New Update NC, this summer. This state-of-the-art Orleans this summer provided an op- By Daniel Houser, President, North distribution center with two large forced portunity to discuss future prospects Carolina Commercial Blackberry and air coolers is capable of distributing over for increasing demand for processed Raspberry Growers Association one million flats during the North Caro- raspberries with food manufacturers, The 2008 blackberry crop in North lina production season. Representatives R&D professionals, and food processors, Carolina was excellent! As many of you from Sunnyridge expect to have over a and benchmark the status of processed know, this was the first summer of pro- half-million flats going through the facil- raspberry nutritional research and mes- duction for a number of blackberry grow- ity in 2009. saging against that of other commodity ers in western North Carolina. Those new The North Carolina Commercial organizations. growers, producing fruit for Sunnyridge Blackberry and Raspberry Grower’s As- One item of discussion was “super-

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12 The Bramble: newsletter of the North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Authmn 2008 fruits,” [usually exotic fruits with high It was also noted that juices that con- gamut from, “a program similar to blue- nutritional benefit]. While there was a tained extract of a superfruit to improve berries?” to “anything that can provide consensus that superfruits have found a nutritional benefit sometimes had off- more nutrition information will help place in the American diet, there was also flavors that will limit their acceptance re- grow your market”. There was support a consensus that they are much more of gardless of perceived nutritional benefits. for science rather than anecdotal evi- an unknown in terms of supply (com- Nutrition Magic dence as the basis for long-term market mercial production is just starting and There is no one silver bullet when development programs to positively im- is not well understood) and nutritional it comes to enhancing health through pact the quality of people’s lives. Proces- benefits (research is in its infancy stage consumption of functional foods. It is sors thought it sound strategy to work but developing rapidly). Superfruits have generally understood by consumers that with international suppliers to build the an undeniable appeal as manufacturers fruit and vegetable consumption contrib- domestic market. More than one thought search for the latest food as medicine. utes to living a more healthy life. They imports already held a majority of the As attractive as some of these fruits are are often saturated by this media message market. t to manufacturers looking to differenti- to the point of confusion. With many ate their products and offer the latest foods touting their nutritional and health health benefits, raspberries, blueberries, benefits, consumers are overloaded. Is the ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? strawberries, and cranberries will be a trend going full circle? Twenty years ago, Do you know growers who mainstay in product formulation. Cited as it was enough to say a product was good might like to learn more reasons for this conclusion are that these for you. Then consumers wanted to know about NARBA or come to common berries: why. Now there is a built-in expectation the conference? • are commercially produced and pro- that their foods will have healthy attri- Send in their names (and ad- cessed. Their cultural practices have been butes. dresses and emails) – we’ll send them researched and are understood by growers. Raspberry R&P • are in demand by consumers who enjoy a sample newsletter and conference Manufacturers and processors gener- their flavor; they are perceived to deliver information. New growers will espe- ally responded favorably to the concept nutritional benefits. cially appreciate knowing about the of a raspberry Research & Promotion • are widely available from international “Bramble Fundamentals” Workshop! Program, with responses running the and domestic sources and are competi- tively priced. Since 1932 4HE  "EST NEW HAYGROVE AD HERE Years "ERRY 0LANTS

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The Bramble: Newsletter of the North American Bramble Raspberry & Blackberry Association, Autumn 2008 13 NARBA 2008 Officers ries, 304 Deer Field Rd., Mt. Pleasant, PA At-Large Representatives: 15666, phone 724-547-9259, e-mail and Executive Council Mark Bolda, University of CA Co-op [email protected]. Ext. Santa Cruz, 1432 Freedom Blvd., President - Tom Walters, Northwest Region 4 (represents DE, MD, OH & WV) Watsonville, CA 95076, phone 831-763- Washington Research & Extension Center, Guy Moore, Larriland Farm, 2415 Wood- 8040, e-mail [email protected]. 16550 State Rte 536, Mount Vernon, WA bine Rd., Woodbine, MD 21797, phone Nathan Milburn, Milburn Orchards, 98273, phone 360-848-6124, e-mail 410-489-7034, e-mail guymoore@verizon. 1495 Appleton Rd., Elkton, MD 21921, [email protected]. net. phone 443-309-2077, e-mail Vice President - Charlie O’Dell, Crows Region 5 (represents AL, GA, FL, LA, MS [email protected]. Nest Farm, 1859 Brookfield Rd., Blacks- & TX). Stanley Scarborough, SunnyRidge burg, VA 24061, phone 540-552-4322, Farm, P. O. Box 3036, Winter Haven, FL e-mail [email protected]. 33885, phone 863-294-8856, e-mail Executive Secretary - Debby Wechsler, [email protected]. 1138 Rock Rest Rd. Pittsboro, NC 27312, Region 6 (represents AR, IA, IN, IL, KS, phone 919-542-4037, fax 866-511-6660, MN, MO, ND, OK, SD, NE & WI) Dean e-mail [email protected]. Henry, The Berry Patch Farm, 62785 Make Your Research Committee Chair - Gina Fer- 280th St., Nevada, IA 50201, phone 515- Hotel Reservations nandez, NCSU Dept. of Horticultural Sci- 382-5138, e-mail berry.patch@midiowa. ence, Box 7609, Raleigh, NC 27695, phone Now for the net. 919-513-7416, e-mail Gina_Fernandez@ Conference ncsu.edu. Region 7 (represents DC, KY, NC, SC, TN & VA) Cal Blake, Caludi’s Fields, Regional Representatives: 344 Atwood Drive, Lexington, KY 800-253-3590 Region 1 (all of Canada) Henry Mutz, 40515, phone 859-272-3936, email Amway Grand Plaza Hotel Berryhaven Farm, 320 Mt. Lehman Rd. S., [email protected]. Abbotsford, BC V4X 2L4, phone 604-859- and then 6380, e-mail [email protected]. Region 8 (represents AK, AZ, CA, CO, REGISTER ID, HA, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY, Region 2 (represents CT, NH, MA, ME, for the conference RI & VT) Nate Nourse, Nourse Farms, Mexico, Central & South America) 41 River Rd., South Deerfield, MA 01373, Henry Bierlink, Washington Red Rasp- by November 12. phone 413-665-2658, e-mail info@nourse- berry Commission,1796 Front St., Lyn- farms.com. den, WA 98264, phone 360-354-8767, Region 3 (Represents MI, NJ, NY, PA and e-mail [email protected]. Europe), Susan Lynn, Sand Hill Ber-

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