The Zesty Garden - July 30

Utah Public Radio | By Bryan Earl

Published July 30, 2015 at 10:43 PM MDT

A photo of blackberry pie with a dolop of whipped cream.

The blackberries…they are a ripenin’. Today on the Zesty Garden, USU Extension Fruit Specialist Brent Black will talk about how to pick the perfect berry. Color may only be one part of the equation. We’ll also look at other fruit ripening issues such as bitter pit and coryneum blight. Then on Petals and Prose, take a few minutes and listen to an essay about grass as the staff of life.

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Listen to Brent Black Interview/Fruits and Ripening

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Listen to Petals and Prose w/Helen Cannon: Staff of Life

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Bryan Earl

Bryan Earl has been with UPR since 1993. He graduated from Utah State University with a degree in Journalism and completed an internship at KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon, before coming to UPR full-time. When not in his garden, Bryan loves to travel with his family, ride trains, ski at Beaver Mountain, and sing with the American Festival Chorus.

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