Pink Cosmo berries a hit in their trial season (2023)

https://fruitgrowersnews.com/article/pink-cosmo-berries-a-hit-in-their-trial-season/

by mooreds • 1 month ago

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addaon• 1 month ago

due to a dominant recessive gene for pigment

I assume this should be "a double recessive gene"? Although looks like a lot of blueberry varieties are not diploid, so...

fnord772• 1 month ago

blueberries without the healthy and beneficial pigment/flavonoids

what a dumb idea

AlotOfReading• 1 month ago

I have a bush of pink blueberries, and I greatly prefer them to the "blue" ones I've also planted. It's a novelty for guests and a nice seasonal treat. Minmaxing the nutritional content of every bit of fruit doesn't seem like a fun way to live.

fnord772• 1 month ago

blueberries are tasty enough to be fun.

I suspect people like the pink blueberries because they have a higher sugar content.

Living out your final years with 'beetus doesn't seem like a fun way to live.

jpfromlondon• 1 month ago

if that's your priority then bilberries exist.

metalman• 1 month ago

those are not blueberries, nor are "high bush" in the first place, watery no flavor muck. Get you into bear country and pick sun warmed blueberries with the white blush still on them, just one, will learn you something. same with strawberries, to find a natural oceanside windswept 1/2" tall carpet of wild strawberries is to know that there are things no amount of money or human endevour can contrive.

Pink Cosmo berries a hit in their trial season (2023)

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