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Small Fruit

This page focuses on crop production and marketing aspects pertaining to small fruits (strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, and other exotic berries). Information on cultivar recommendations, cultural practices including pruning, training, and trellising, plant and soil sanitation practices, and pest management can be found here.

June declared Virginia Berry Month

Strawberry Plug Plants Showing Anthracnose-like Symptoms

Strawberry acreage is up in Virginia to 391 acres in 2017 from 280 acres in 2012