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Rutgers to Introduce a More Colorful, Hardier Cranberry (Rutgers Today)
Photo and article: Roya Rafei
HainesCranberryRTRutgers researchers have developed a new, hardier variety of cranberry that is able to withstand disease and has a larger round berry with a more even color than other breeds.
The Haines variety – named after William Haines Sr., a Burlington County farmer who died in 2007 – is in the process of being patented.


  • 10 Facts You May Not Know About N.J. Cranberries (NJ.com)
  • The case for the cranberry, New Jersey’s native Thanksgiving fruit (NJ.com)
  • Rutgers scientists aren’t NJ’s only experts on cranberries: Meet the young “Cranbassadors” (SEBS & NJAES Newsroom)
  • Nick Vorsa, Better Cranberries through Science (SEBS & NJAES Newsroom)
  • Beating the Bugs in the Bogs: Postdoctoral Student Studies Cranberry Resistance to Gypsy Moth (SEBS & NJAES Newsroom)
  • Before They End Up On Your Plate, Canned Cranberries Take Quite A Journey (CBS Philly)
  • Favorite Holiday Dish Gets ‘Upscale’ Breeding (Rutgers Today)
  • Giving Thanks: Rutgers Works to Build a Better Cranberry (Rutgers Today)
  • Four Rutgers Professors Honored by N.J. Inventors Hall of Fame (Rutgers ORED)

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