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Cranberry production has recently increased in BC and the east [2] [1] and as of 2016 is the second most exported berry by value at CAN$ 88,469,000. [3] Blueberry is the most important, indeed top among all fruits in the country, by – cultivated area, 79,515 hectares (196,490 acres) – farm gate value, CAN$ 261,532,000 – and export value ...
Vaccinium angustifolium is a low spreading deciduous shrub growing 5 to 60 cm (2 to 24 in) tall. [4] Its rhizomes can lie dormant up to 100 years, and when given the adequate amount of sunlight, soil moisture, and oxygen content they will sprout. [citation needed] The leaves are glossy blue-green in summer, turning a variety of reds in the fall.
Blueberry is a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plants with blue or purple berries. They are classified in the section Cyanococcus within the genus Vaccinium. [ 1 ] Commercial blueberries—both wild (lowbush) and cultivated (highbush)—are all native to North America.
Vaccinium myrtilloides is a low spreading deciduous shrub growing up to 50 cm (20 inches) tall, often spreading to form small thickets. The leaves are bright green, paler underneath with velvety hairs. The flowers are white, bell-shaped, 5 millimetres (⁄4 in) long. The fruit is a small sweet bright blue to dark blue berry.
Vaccinium / vækˈsɪniəm / [3] is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry. Like many other heath plants ...
Land is owned in Canada by governments, Indigenous groups, corporations, and individuals. Canada is the second-largest country in the world by area; at 9,093,507 km 2 or 3,511,085 mi 2 of land (and more if fresh water is included). It occupies more than 6% of the Earth's surface.
Concrete grain elevator in Alberta. Various factors affect the socio-economic characteristics of Canadian agriculture. The 2006 Census of Agriculture listed seven: [2] Quantity and type of farms; Biogeography: crop and land use areas; land management practices; Quantity of livestock and poultry; Agricultural engineering: Farm machinery and equipment; Farm capital; Farm operating expenses and ...
Dane-zaa (Beaver) women and children in front of their tipi, 1899. Prior to the 19th century, the Dane-zaa inhabited lands further east, near the Athabaska and Clearwater Rivers, and north to Lake Athabaska, as well as territory north of the upper Peace River (called Saaghii Naachii, meaning "big river," by them).