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Final inspection of frozen blueberries at the Atlantic Blueberry Co.

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How New Jersey Tamed The Wild Blueberry For Global Production

1:48pm August 04, 2015

by Dan Charles

In the past 10 years, the global blueberry crop has tripled. Yet the big, round commercial blueberry is a fairly recent innovation. It was created by breeders exactly 100 years ago, in New Jersey.

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The Maiden Blush, Chenango Strawberry and Duchess of Oldenburg are heirloom apples found in old orchards across Colorado, which was once a major apple-producing state.

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The Comeback Of The Endangered Colorado Orange, An Apple

4:03pm September 10, 2014

by Stephanie Paige Ogburn

The Colorado Orange is no orange; it is an apple, with a unique texture and citrus taste. There's a new effort to bring it and other endangered Colorado apples back from the brink of extinction.