Conquering Concords

摘要

Washington may be king when it comes to tonnage of Concord grapes for juice, but people from the Great Lakes region know their grape juice as well. And although the whole grapes are becoming harder to find at roadside stands, intrepid Concord lovers always seem to track down a few clusters of the pulpy-skinned fruits during their short fall harvest time."Any time you're dealing with processing fruit, no matter what kind, you have competition from other growing regions in the world that can produce stuff more cheaply than you can," said Mark Longstroth, Michigan State University's small fruit educator, who is among the researchers working to make the crop more profitable for growers.