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| 6-13-11 Prices | 2011 Prices: U-Pick $1.00/lb, Pre-Pick: $2:00/ lb |
| 6-13-11 Hours | Early season hours: 8:00 am-2:00 pm MTWThFS (Closed Sunday) |
| 7-04-11 | The early (Duke) variety look like about average crop size with a lot of large berries. The later (Spartan and Bluecrop) should have heavy yield. This is the second year of picking for the Spartans, and pickers who sampled them last year should be pleased with the size and quality. The new Bluecrop field should ripen a little earlier than the older plants. |
| 7-08-11 | We will open for upick Friday, July 15 at 8:00 am. We will be picking "Dukes". |
| 7-08-11 | We do not take credit or debit cards |
| 7-16-11 | We had a very good u-pick opening day yesterday. We also picked Spartans for the Pre-pick orders. This picking showed that the Spartans are ready to u-pick. We will now be u-picking both Dukes and Spartans. |
| 7-19-11 | Our test picking on the young Bluecrop planting showed that we can start u-picking earlier than we can in the mature field. We will be picking Bluecrop and Spartans. |
| 7-22-11 | We are now starting to u-pick the mature Bluecrop field. They have ripened nicely the last few days and there is a heavy crop, with a lot of nice berries. We are also picking the second ripening of Dukes. |
| 7-23-11 | Our late-season hours are: 8:00 am - 2:00 pm, Thu, Fri, Sat, (closed Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed), to allow a good second ripening of Spartans and Bluecrop. We will continue to u-pick Dukes, and selected rows in the mature Bluecrop field. We will open the Spartan and young Bluecrop fields when the berries are fully ripe. This should be in around 10 days, if sunny days continue. |
| 7-24-11 | During our "late" season, we reduce the number of picking days/week to provide more time for the green and not-quite-ripe berries to ripen for the second picking. The Spartan, new Bluecrop, and Duke fields were picked during the past week since we opened. Due to their nature, Dukes have two distinct ripenings. Spartans and Bluecrop will typically have ripe, not quite ripe, and green berries in the same cluster-- and are harder to pick. After the first picking, we are trying to get these varieties to the point where most berries in the cluster are fully ripe, to make them easier to upick-- and to prevent pickers from picking unripe berries that they may not like when they get them home. There are not as many berries in this second ripening of Dukes as there are in the Bluecrop and Spartans, so there is some walking to find them--and they have been picked for several days-- but most of the Dukes you find will be fully ripe. We also have a field of large, mature Bluecrop that we reserve for Pre-Pick orders, and as reserve to open for u-pick as necessary. When we open rows in this field for u-pick, there are large clusters of berries, but as described, this is the first picking on these plants and there are ripe, green and not-ripe berries in the same cluster. When the ripe berries are picked, the remaining berries tend to ripen faster. We will then manage these rows in the same manner, as described, to get a good second ripening. We will stay on the 3-day per week schedule until we open the second picking of the Spartan and Bluecrop. There will be a lot of berries in this second picking! |
| 7-27-11 | The last sunny days have produced nice second ripening of Spartans. We will start the Spartan second picking on Saturday, 7-30-11. Thu. and Fri. we will be picking Bluecrop and the remaining Dukes. Second ripening of the young Bluecrop field will require a few more days. |
| 7-31-11 | There was a good turnout of pickers yesterday, and most of the second ripening of Spartans have been picked. The young Bluecrop field is ripe and we will be picking there next week. (Thu-Sat) |
| 8-05-11 | The last 4-days of the 2011 upick season will be next Wed thru Sat (8-13-11). All rows we have previously reserved will be open tomorrow Saturday, (8-06-11), through the end of the season. There are a lot of ripe berries in both Bluecrop fields. (This may be the best time to pick Bluecrop, since most of the clusters will be fully ripe and sweet from all the sunshine.) |
| 8-13-11 |
We are now closed for the 2011 season. Although we had some unseasonable weather early in the spring, and rain for a few days in the early picking, it has been a good season with pickers taking home a lot of nice berries. Thanks to all our friends for coming out! Duane and Sue Haven |