Last year’s drought impacts this year’s berry season in Saskatchewan

The u-pick play astatine nan Berry Barn successful Saskatoon wrapped up past week, aft a precocious commencement owed to this spring’s cool, rainy weather.

Co-owner Grant Erlandson said nan magnitude of saskatoon berries this twelvemonth was a spot beneath average, but connected par pinch caller summers pinch drought conditions.

“Only nan value was measurement amended this year,” he said. “We had very bully quality, bigger berries and stuff, and I lend that to each nan rainfall we had successful June.”

He said past year’s drought had a large effect connected this year’s yield, arsenic caller maturation successful nan autumn indicates harvest potential.

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“When it’s a drought they don’t put retired a full batch of caller maturation and they fundamentally enactment successful a endurance mode,” he said. “I was hoping pinch capable rainfall next  twelvemonth we’d person a amended crop, but it’s benignant of almost gone backmost to that drought again wherever we haven’t seen nan rain.”

Although saskatoon berry u-pick play is over, nan Berry Barn has pre-picked strawberries and raspberries for group to enjoy.