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The Chandler blueberry, also known as Vaccinium corymbosum 'Chandler' (blueberry), is a cultivar of blueberry which produces large berries. [1] It was released in 1995 and was described by the United States Department of Agriculture as "a fresh market, local sales cultivar." [2] [3] Chandler blueberries come in relatively late in the harvest ...
The Oregon Nursery Company (also known as Orenco) was a nursery company founded and originally operated in Salem, Oregon, United States. The company later expanded to a site in Washington County, Oregon west of Portland. The entire operation was eventually moved to Washington County, where the company founded the town of Orenco. The company ...
The Albertina Kerr Nursery is a historic building located at 424 NE 22nd Avenue in Northeast Portland, Oregon. It was built by the Johnson, Parker & Wallwork architecture firm in 1921, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1979.
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1843: 18-year-old Edward Henry Lenox (from Kentucky) travels over the Oregon Trail and stakes a claim to the present farm site. 1850-59: Robert Imbrie acquires the Lenox farm and builds the current granary. 1863-66: Robert has the three-story, gabled farm home built. 1897: Robert dies. 1933: Imbries begin selling barley to Blitz-Weinhard.
The farm at Larsen Lake is popular with residents and tourists, and includes U-pick blueberries. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] In 1995, the blueberry farm suffered from a devastating fungal outbreak. The use of fungicide to stop the outbreak led to controversy since the farm lost its organic status.
The marionberry (Rubus L. subgenus Rubus) is a cultivar of blackberry released in 1956 by the USDA Agricultural Research Service breeding program in cooperation with Oregon State University. [1] [2] [3] It is named after Marion County, Oregon, where the berry was bred and tested extensively in the mid-20th century. [1]