Exciting potential program...A National Research & Promotion Program for Blackberries

If this is hard to read, see http://www.raspberryblackberry.com/blackberryRandP/RPfactsheet4-9-2015.pdf

New blueberry genomics/breeder making his first cross

Jim Ballington showing Hamid Ashrafi how to make a blueberry cross.

I witnessed a bit of history today. Jim Ballington showing Hamid Asrafi, the new NCSU blueberry genomics professor how to make a blueberry cross.

Building a better black raspberry

Here is a link to an article that a few of us working on a nationwide black raspberry project wrote for Growing Produce, a grower magazine.
http://www.growingproduce.com/fruits/berries/building-a-better-black-raspberry/