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GailLK Jun 2nd, 2006 12:00 PM

NJ-Blueberries Anyone?
 
Big fan of NJ blueberries and would like to go blueberry picking this summer. Anyone know of any great place to pick them?
Thank you...

FainaAgain Jun 2nd, 2006 12:28 PM

This sounds interesting! Living in the West, I know next to nothing about NJ. But doesn't matter where people live, Google usually works!

See:

http://www.blueblueberries.info/blue...ew-jersey.html

jlm_mi Jun 2nd, 2006 12:35 PM

www.pickyourown.org is another good resource.

J62 Jun 2nd, 2006 12:39 PM

Told my kids last time we went blueberry picking that they would weigh both them and the buckets. Young one had next to no berries in the bucket, but grinned a very blue, toothy grin.

FainaAgain Jun 2nd, 2006 12:42 PM

J62, did you put them through a washing machine and hung on a clothes line to dry? :))

J62 Jun 2nd, 2006 12:52 PM

Nope - but I did find out that one must check all parts of the child, fore and aft, before they sit on gray leather car seats...


FainaAgain Jun 2nd, 2006 01:13 PM

In Russia (maybe in US too?) the dark cherries color the urine pink. It was my boys' favorite summer joke to scare their grandma they're peeing blood. First time she got scared without pretending :)

Fraggle1 Jun 2nd, 2006 01:21 PM

Try Delicious Orchards in Colts Neck.

Kal Jun 2nd, 2006 01:23 PM

I got a San Francisco razzberry from Faina once.

Budman Jun 2nd, 2006 04:54 PM

Gail, There's a blueberry farm in Ocean County in Woodruff right off Rt 539 and Longswamp Road, near Ft. Dix/McGuire AFB. They have great pies also. ((b))

SusieQQ Jun 3rd, 2006 04:04 AM

Here's another site for you.

http://www.state.nj.us/jerseyfresh/searches/pyo.htm

lvktravel Jun 4th, 2006 06:12 PM

The name of the farm in ocean county is Emery's. There are several other farms in the area that you can pick corn, peaches, peas and other fruits and vegtables.

Budman Jun 5th, 2006 03:51 AM

Emery's! Yes, that's the place I was referring to -- just forgot the name. ((b))

GailLK Jun 5th, 2006 06:42 AM

Thanks Blueberry Fans!

bill_boy Jun 5th, 2006 06:59 AM

Well, I was a fan until the urine and blood thing was brought up.

hunnym Jun 5th, 2006 07:27 AM

Well, it's because of this post that we're going strawberry picking this weekend! And blueberry picking when their season comes around. Yum!

Suerich68 Jun 5th, 2006 07:37 AM

Demarest farm in N. NJ. I think Jersey blueberry season is in August.

gail Jun 5th, 2006 08:18 AM

We pick blueberries at a farm in Massachusetts and owner says now New Jersey blueberries are an actual variety - and are now grown in other places. He has some - big, fat, sweet - but I still think the ones from New Jersey I had as a kid were better.

BarryK Jun 7th, 2006 05:34 PM

Just drive down Rt 206 around Hammonton and you'll see bluberry bushes as far as the eye can see. I'm sure there are some pick your own along the road.

As far as ripening time, it depends on the variety. I have 9 bluberry bushes in my garden (in SE PA). The first ones ripen mid to late June and the late ones in August. My berries are just starting to develop some color.


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