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Index of Subjects Annabelle, blueberries need sun to flower and to bear fruit. The reality is that they do extremely well for a few years after a fire or a clearcut, before being outcompeted by other shrub and tree species. Even people farming "wild" blueberries burn their fields every few years. Wilfrid Creighton, in his 1988 book "Forestkeeping: A History of the Department of Lands and Forests in Nova Scotia 1926-1969" has much to say about the tradition of setting "blueberry fires" in certain parts of the province. Needless to say, it was not a tradition favoured by forest managers. Dusan Soudek ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annabelle Thiebaux" <hamst@xplornet.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Cc: "Roland McCormick" <roland.mccormick@ns.sympatico.ca> Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 6:46 AM Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Ripe wild blueberries ! > Why is this burning necessary anyway? > > On 08/07/12 9:27 PM, Roland McCormick wrote: >> I find there are very few wild blueberries these days - we just >> don't have people burning the land to produce them. I do have a high >> bush of larger berries that start ripening the first of August and gives >> me fresh berries with my cereal every morning for breakfast. The have a >> much better flavour than the large ones I have bought in a store. >> >> Roland >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dusan Soudek >> To: NatureNS >> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2012 8:52 PM >> Subject: [NatureNS] Ripe wild blueberries ! >> >> >> Today I picked the first ripe local wild blueberries of the season, >> on burned-over and very sunny ground along the Pine Island Ponds Canoe >> Loop, in the Herring Cove Backlands outside of Halifax. Isn't it somewhat >> early? I always associate picking blueberries with August. >> Dusan Soudek
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