Community blog: Historic berry crop puts the blue in patriotic pie – Medford News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News

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Community blog: Historic berry crop puts the blue in patriotic pie By Sarah Lemon Jul 02, 2015 12:00 AM A A As searing heat shatters weather records throughout the state, one silvery-blue lining to such extreme temperatures is a bumper crop of blueberries. The haul could hit a historic 100 million pounds, the Oregon Department of Agriculture reported last week as the earliest blueberry harvest in decades got underway. A mild winter and spring made for excellent growing [...] Click here to read the full post