Raspberries
- There are more than 200 species of raspberries in the world
- Raspberries are a wonderful source of vitamin C, containg 40 percent of a person's daily needs.
- Eat only one cup of plump, juicy raspberries and you'll have one of your 5 A Day!
- The raspberry is composed of many connecting drupelets (individual sections of fruit, each with its own seed) surrounding a central core.
- There are red raspberries, black raspberries and yellow raspberries.
- Whatcom County grows more red raspberries per capita than anywhere else in the world!
- Whatcom County has over 120 growers tilling over 6,000 acres of red raspberries
- Most raspberries in Whatcom County are picked by mechanical picker, a machine that gently shakes the ripe berries off the bush with gentle fingers
- The Korvan Picker was developed and is manufactured in Lynden, Washington
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