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The blueberry is one of the few fruits native to North America. For centuries, blueberries maintained popularity in the United States, with a thriving commercial business in the northeastern United States and Canada. Now however, their popularity is global.
Efforts in the early 1900s to domesticate the wild highbush blueberry resulted in todays cultivated highbush blueberry industry. They selected desirable plants from the wild forests of the northeastern United States and cultivated them to develop blueberries that could be commercially grown by farmers. Their work has resulted in the plump, juicy, sweet and easy-to-pick cultivated blueberries we enjoy today.
Recent studies show that these little fruits pack an enormous health punch. Their antioxidant properties are well-known; and they contain vitamin C, potassium and magnesium.
The blueberry harvest, in the states where 90% of the worlds blueberry crop is still grown, runs from mid-April through early October with peak harvest in July, also known as National Blueberry Month.
Naturipe Foods grows, processes and sources the largest cultivated blueberry crop in North America and we offer our blueberries in a wide variety of products that are healthy, natural and easy to incorporate in commercial and foodservice recipes. |
