Virginia Cooperative ExtensionKushad, Mosbah M.Samtani, Jayesh2021-10-212021-10-212020-12-07http://hdl.handle.net/10919/105530Caneberries, which include blackberries and raspberries, must be picked when the berries are ripe or nearly ripe to ensure quality. Their thin fruit skin, high respiration rate, and high ethylene production make these berries extremely susceptible to postharvest losses. Although both raspberries and blackberries are considered 'soft' fruits, raspberries are slightly more perishable in nature.4 pagesapplication/pdfVirginia Cooperative Extension materials are available for public use, re-print, or citation without further permission, provided the use includes credit to the author and to Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, and Virginia State University.Marketing and Risk ManagementOn-farm food safetySmall fruitExtension publicationhttp://resources.ext.vt.edu/contentdetail?contentid=1151&contentname=A%20Longer%20Marketing%20Life%20for%20Blackberry%20and%20Raspberry%20Fruit*BlackberriesRaspberries