5 Small Fruit Crops: Taste Sea Buckthorn (and Smell the Blue Cheese of Fruit)

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Specialty Fruit Crops

We continue our chat with agronomist Laurie Brown from Cultur'Innov. She talks about 5 more minor fruit crops, how to grow them, and the opportunities they present for growers.

We talk about:

• Sea buckthorn
• Highbush cranberry
• Hardy kiwi
• Bush cherries
• Chokecherry
• Agroforesty
• Tips for growers who want to grow specialty fruit crops

"It's the blue cheese of fruit: Tastes like a cranberry and smells like an old boot!"

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