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Article: Berry expert eyes new field: retirement

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January 3, 2005
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ADDISON - After 52 years working at Blueberry Hill, the University of Maine's research farm for wild blueberries, Delmont Emerson was ready to call it a career Jan. 1 - the day he turned 70. He has served as farm manager since 1976.

But instead of a retirement dinner in late December, Emerson got a visit just after Christmas from one of the UM assistant deans. He was asked to set back his plans until the university can put a new farm manager in place in February.

Replacing "Dell" Emerson isn't easy, after all. Few in the industry possess the knowledge the farm manager has acquired over five decades. Research breakthroughs since the 1970s - many off the Jonesboro farm - have resulted in the ...

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