![image of researchers working on low tunnel strawberries](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/crop_freeform/public/files/maes_20140710_62767_strawb_low_tunnel.jpg?h=c1e81dc1&itok=QGbO2tp3)
140 years of Minnesota plums
May 15, 2018
![a cluster of ripe plums on the tree](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/2020-11/GraciousFruit-005%20copy.jpg?itok=vMfNaJc5)
Settlers arriving in Minnesota during the 1800s looked to plums to satisfy their need for fresh fruit. And there's quite a story there.
by Emily Tepe
New to day neutral?
May 3, 2018
![Picture of day-neutral strawberries](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/img_5386.jpg?itok=kh-KwGS_)
This type is new to Midwest production, and it might just mean you could have local strawberries for your shortcake in November!
by Nathan Hecht
Blueberries for the prairie
May 2, 2018
![image of harvested blueberries in quart containers under a blueberry shrub](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/maes100262_blueberries_in_quarts_under_shrub.jpg?itok=4169Np0m)
Blueberry plants are right at home in Minnesota. Just make sure to plant the right type and give them the right soil.
by Emily Tepe
A brief history of the kiwiberry in Minnesota
May 1, 2018
![image of kiwiberries growing on vine](/sites/fruit.umn.edu/files/styles/slick_media/public/files/a._kolomikta_berries_copy.jpg?itok=8borO7jq)
In June 2018, we started new research on kiwiberries for the Upper Midwest. Here's a little Minnesota kiwiberry history.
by Jim Luby, Bob Guthrie, Emily Hoover
Before you start an apple orchard
May 1, 2018
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If you want to start an apple orchard, you're in the right place. Find out some of the first steps of becoming a professional apple grower.
by Emily Tepe, Emily Hoover