MASSIVE CHANGE IN ORDER?NORTHEAST BERRY INDUSTRY CAN LENGTHEN SEASON

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A University of New Hampshire study shows day-neutral varieties can extend the growing season by several months and double growers' yields.WHEN KAITLYN ORDE first tasted a New England-grown, day-neutral strawberry — the type commonly grown in such large production areas as California — sheknew she and her colleagues at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) were onto something."I was most surprised by how good the eating quality was for some of these day-neutral varieties. There is a belief that the varieties developed on the West Coast for shipping are not as good as the varieties grown here, but that's just not true," she says. 'Albion', in particular, is excellent. It's comparable to a June-bearer for sure."