It is good that others are taking up where Dr. Dan Barney left off with his huckleberry research. Here is a recent story from Idaho Ag Today on the work of University of Idaho Professor Stephen Cook: Domesticating huckleberries Idaho’s state fruit isn’t commercially produced, nor are there any domesticated huckleberry varieties available. Native to the […]
Many of you know of Dr. Dan Barney’s huckleberry research. If not, the International Wild Huckleberry Association followed his research until the UI closed his center in 2010 (See Dr. Barney’s Research). Dr. Barney research, since 2004 (as documented on our site), resulted in finding successful methods to propagate the wild huckleberry from the norther […]
SANDPOINT — The University of Idaho’s Research and Extension Center here will be mothballed, according to staffers. Dr. Dan Barney, known for his huckleberry research at the facility on Boyer Avenue, said he was told that the station where he has spent 22 years, will be shuttered as of June 30 in the face of […]