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CLASSIFIED Saturday 11 November 2017

Maine blueberry harvest down sharply dOCTOR ON dUTY
Oranjestad
Dr. D. de Cuba
Tel. 583 9195
be smaller,” she said. “Hav- San Nicolas
ing a small supply, hopeful- TIME SHARE FOR RENT Dr. Luchmun
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a 10-year low of 27 cents ORANJESTAD 527-3140
NOORD
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per pound to farmers. The STA. CRUZ 527-2900
drop in farm prices hasn’t SAN NICOLAS 584-5000
significantly trickled down POLICE TIPLINE 11141
to consumers, in part be- FIRE DEPT. 115
cause Maine isn’t the only FIRE DEPT. 582-1108
source of the fruit. Canada HOSPITAL 527-4000
DENTAL CLINIC 587-9850
Workers harvest wild blueberries at the Ridgeberry Farm in is another major supplier of AMBULANCE 582-1234
Appleton, Maine. A trade group said the state’s wild blueberry wild blueberries in the U.S. IMSAN 524-8833
crop fell sharply during the summer of 2017, to land below 100 Maine produces about a RED CROSS 582-2219
million pounds for the first time in four years. tenth of the blueberries in
(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) North America, according Women in Difficulties
By PATRICK WHITTLE enough for the state to re- to the University of Maine. PHARMACY
Associated Press main far and away the wild The state is best known for Oranjestad:
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) blueberry capital of the wild blueberries, which are Central Tel. 585 8077
— Maine’s wild blueberry country, but a sharp drop smaller than cultivated San Nicolas
crop fell sharply this sum- from recent years when the blueberries and are almost San Nicolas Tel. 584 5712
mer to land below 100 mil- size of the crop soared and always sold frozen.
lion pounds (45.3 million ki- the price to farmers dwin- Maine’s industry has been INFORMATION 118
lograms) for the first time in dled. The crop is down be- looking for new buyers to TAXI-TAS 587-5900
four years, according to a cause of factors including help drive up demand for PROF. TAXI 588-0035
trade group that promotes bad growing conditions, the blueberries and im- TAXI D.T.S. 587-2300
the industry. Preliminary such as a lack of rain, and prove prices. It recently SERVICE AUA 583-3232
industry figures show the lack of farming effort, Mc- found one such new buyer A1 TAXI SERVICES 587-8850
crop coming in at about 65 Brady said. Surplus supplies when Oakhurst Dairy, a ma- 280-2828
million pounds (29.5 million of blueberries from recent jor player in New England CruISe SHIP
kilograms), Wild Blueberry years and a resultant drop food that is based in Port-
Commission of Maine Exec- in prices to farmers have land, announced it plans
utive Director Nancy Mc- motivated some growers to begin issuing wild blue-
Brady said. It’s more than to scale back. “It’s going to berry milk in the spring.q
November 11
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