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New prices for 2010

Our prices are somewhat higher this year, closer to the prices at other RI farms. Our prices when you pick start at $1.85 a lb. for less than 10 lbs., and $1.65 a lb. if your party picks more than 10 lbs. We offer discounts for larger quantities, as described under our

"Frequent Picker" program. A few years ago, we started this program that encourages families or groups to join together to pick larger quantities at a discounted price. Here is how it works: a member of the group, on the first visit, asks for a "Frequent Picker" card. Every time someone uses that card, we enter the quantity picked, and when it totals 10 lbs. the price goes down to $1.65 a lb. When it reaches 50 lbs the price for everyone using that card is reduced to $1.45 a lb. When it reaches 100 lbs. the price goes down to $1.25 a lb. (Since a pint is about 3/4 lb., the price per pint at $1.10 per lb. is only about $.94.) Sometimes all the members of the group come together at the beginning of the season and pick 50 lbs. that day, receiving the discount right from the start. The group can consist of family, friends or neighbors. Institutional groups, such as day care centers for small children, do not qualify as frequent picker groups; other rules apply, please inquire.

Picking our blueberries

Containers? When you visit our farm during the picking season, you can bring your own containers if you wish, or use the containers we provide, free. We provide a five-quart bucket with a plastic bag in it. When you come out, we pull out the bag and weigh the berries, you pay and take the bag of berries home. You can, of course, fill as many buckets as you wish.


Quality control. When you pick yourself, you control the quality. If you want only sweet, ripe berries, you can pick carefully to get only those. If you want to include some nearly ripe but still tart ones, for flavor, you can do so. If you want to pick a lot in a hurry, you can pick rapidly and sort the berries when you get home. In any case, you know when they were picked, unlike the berries picked in New Jersey or Michigan, perhaps two weeks ago, and shipped in.

Does it matter whether we pick at the beginning or end of the season? At the beginning of the season, berries are more plentiful and larger, but you have to be more careful not to get unripe berries. At the end of the season, you may have to walk further to find bushes with berries, but they are more likely to be ripe; however, some may be beginning to turn soft. Mid-season is the easiest time to pick for beginners

Children? We are glad to have children pick blueberries when accompanied and supervised by an adult. However, for the sake of our bushes and our serious customers we do not allow children to run and play in the blueberry patch as though it were a playground. And if your children pick green or red berries, don't throw them away before checking out; if left on the bush, they would ripen for others to pick.

Where to pick? We don't restrict you to a certain area, but ask you to go to the area and the bushes that suit you. We will advise you where the best picking is or give more detailed advice if asked. A central path takes you through the middle of the patch, and from there you can easily make your way up and down the rows (please don't push through bushes to get to another row, if bushes are thick use the path or ends of rows). As the season progresses, you need to go deeper into the patch and farther toward the ends of the rows to find bushes with the easiest picking. Don't be misled by the first bushes you see as you enter; they are the youngest and smallest. The older bushes grow to six or seven feet or more.

When is the farm open? During the picking season, we are open 7 days a week from 8 am to 1, and we are also open on Thursday evenings from 4 until dark, for those who want to pick in the evening.

What if it rains? We usually stay open during a drizzle, but close when it rains. You can check by calling us at (401) 738-8010.

Don't know how to pick? If you have never picked blueberries, one of us will, unless we are swamped with customers, go into the patch with you and show you how to pick.

Don't want to pick, or don't have time? If you don't care to pick your own berries, you can sometimes buy Rocky Point blueberries in pints and quarts at Morris Farm 2779 Warwick Avenue (they grow the area's best sweet corn and other produce). You can also sometimes buy larger quantities already picked at our stand, but we suggest ordering in advance so our pickers can pick for you. The price is higher, of course, since we have to pay our pickers.

Can I eat the berries without washing them? Yes, in fact we encourage you to taste as you pick to better judge ripeness and your favorite variety. In most years the berries themselves have not been sprayed with chemicals; we set out traps each season to see if there is an insect infestation that requires spraying. If we do have to spray the berries, we prefer to use biological materials harmless to humans, and in any case will let customers know if asked.

Why does a bush have both ripe and green berries? The picking season for each variety lasts several weeks. Early in the season, the first ripe berries appear on the outside of clusters. Later you have to look inside the bush and under the clusters for the ripest berries. On varieties with long, limber stalks, such as Blue Ray and Blue Crop, the branches may droop clear to the ground and have to be lifted for picking.