Easy Pickin's Orchard

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Our Berry Best!

Hardly a day goes by without news of a new study indicating the beneficial health effects of eating berries. Both raspberries and blueberries are rated high for their antioxidant content. These antioxidants are thought to play a role in slowing aging and preventing cancer.

Raspberries:

Our raspberry season starts with six varieties of red summer raspberries, ripening from the beginning of July and continuing throughout the month! In order of ripening, these varieties are Prelude, Reveille, Killarney, Lauren, Taylor, and Encore.

In August our fall raspberries begin to ripen. We have five varieties of red fall raspberries that give us fruit until a hard freeze, usually in October. These varieties, in order of ripening, are Polana, Autumn Britten, Autumn Bliss, Caroline, and Heritage.

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Strawberries:

We grow our strawberries on raised beds that are protected by plastic. The plants are watered and fertilized through our irrigation system.

Berries ripen in the month of June through early July. Varieties presently grown are Wendy, La Mour, Brunswick, Seneca, DarSelect, Jewel, Eros, and Ovation.

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Blueberries:

Our Blueberries start to ripen in early to mid-July. We grow eight varieties of blueberries in order to extent our harvest season to the middle of September. Our berry patch is netted to keep the feathered friends from enjoying more berries than we do. By having nets over the field we can allow our berries to grow to their full size and flavor. This really makes a difference for ease of picking and for taste.

Our blueberry varieties, in order of ripening, are Duke, Bluejay, Bluerae, Bluecrop, Coville, Berkeley, Late Blue and Elliott.

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Easy Pickin's Orchard * 46 Bailey Road * Enfield, CT * 06082
(860) 763-FARM * farmerb@easypickinsorchard.com