America's founding fruit : the cranberry in a new environment / / Susan Playfair

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463845603321
• Autore: Playfair Susan R.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lebanon, New Hampshire : , : University Press of New England, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-61168-633-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 634/.760973
• Soggetti: Cranberries - United States; Cranberries - United States - History; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A perfect design -- The first cultivators -- Planting -- Irrigation -- A matter of insects -- Organic, sustainable, or almost conventional -- Pollination -- Tricking the vines -- The harvest, dry or wet? -- Processing, handling, and distribution -- Hybrids taken to a new level -- From tart to sweet -- Warming or chilling -- Something gained, something lost.
• Sommario/riassunto: Investigates the history and ecology of the cranberry to assess the effects of climate change on this and other cultivated fruits