Union County farm having a ‘berry’ good season [Video]

UNION COUNTY, Pa. — You can find dozens of blueberry bushes at Bridge Avenue Berries near Allenwood. There are plenty of blueberries to pick from, thanks to the warm temperatures this past winter.

“Our season started early,” said owner Harry Jones. “We started picking the last week of June. Normally, we don’t start picking until the first week of July, but back in February and March, if everybody remembers, we had those 70-, 80-, and even maybe 90-degree days. The blueberry bushes all woke up; everybody decided it was time to grow.”

Jones says the summer weather we’ve had so far is also great for the blueberries.

“The crop looks really good. We’ve had a lot of sunshine this year. We’ve had rain at the right time, so the crop’s good. The berries, I’m told, are sweet—I like them, anyway, …