Kim Matura, of Balston Spa, New York, picks highbush blueberries Thursday at Steep Hill Farm in Fayette.
From left, Sarah, Katie, Jenny and Rachel Jackson, of Charleston, South Carolina, sample highbush blueberries they picked Thursday in the patch at Steep Hill Farm in Fayette.
Harold Lovejoy tells farmer George Joseph on Thursday he can carry his own blueberries from the patch at Steep Hill Farm in Fayette. Joseph and his wife, Brenda, raise highbush blueberries and raspberries. Lovejoy and his wife, Marjorie, have been friends with the Josephs since the couple opened the farm to fruit pickers.
Sarah Moody, of Englewood, Colorado, carries a tray of blueberries and raspberries into the barn Thursday at Steep Hill Farm in Fayette. Farmers George and Brenda Joseph raise highbush blueberries and raspberries that are both ripe.
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