Welcome to Bryant's Blueberries, a pick your own blueberry farm located in Southern Indiana within 1/2 hour of downtown Louisville, KY.
Thanks for picking Bryant's Blueberries. We are now closed for the season. If you missed out this year, make sure to sign up for email notices. If you left something here at the farm, please check our photo 2011 Lost and Found by clicking here. See you next year. Blueberry season starts in early to mid June and continues for 4-8 weeks depending on the crop
The message below was sent to all current subscribers at 12:05 pm July 18, 2011. If you didn't receive it, check your spam folder.
Subject: Last Chance for 2011 Blueberries
The last day of the season will be Wednesday July 20. We will be open from 7:30 am (Louisville time) to noon. The amount available will be small; we estimate it as less than 500 lbs.
Only Coville (tart) and a few Darrows (semi-tart) will be available.
We only need about 50 people to pick on Wed.
Thanks for picking Bryant's Blueberries; we hope to see you next year.
If your email changes, please don't forget to let us know.
If you need directions, please check our website www.bryantsblueberries.com
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Dale & Diane Bryant
6900 Oak Park Rd NE
New Salisbury, IN 47161
812 366-3592
To unsubscribe email me at unsubscribe@bryantsblueberries.com
Here is the regular information for the new sign ups.
These are our varieties in the order of ripening:
Duke: non acidic, sweet berry; flavor improves with chilling (harvest complete)
BlueJay: Sweet, firm, cooks well (harvest complete)
Patriot: Acidic, very flavorful, tastes somewhat like Darrow (almost gone)
BlueRay: Very flavorful berry (first picks are tart; later picks are
very sweet); (some available)
BlueCrop: Good all around berry for eating and cooking (some available)
Darrow: Fabulous flavor; very acidic for several weeks; it ripens very
gradually (some available)
Brigitta: Good all around berry (some available)
Coville/LateBlue: Very tart never sweetens up much; not many bushes
available; scattered in rows L1-L3 and R1-R10. (some available)
The price is $2.05 per lb; pre-picked berries are not available.
We accept only cash and checks (sorry no plastic of any kind).
Please park facing ribbons hung on rope. Please do NOT park within 10
feet of the driveway. People need to pull off to get around oncoming
traffic.
If you bring your own picking containers (they should have handles),
please have us weigh them BEFORE picking. You may pick into our
buckets, baskets and/or milk jugs.
For transporting your berries home, you can bring your own large
shallow containers (dish pans, roasters, Tupperware, etc.). Otherwise
we have plastic bags.
Directions:
Do not follow Google or Garmin directions if they use the Lanesville
Exit (#113); you will get lost !
From Louisville or New Albany: Take I-64 west to the Georgetown Exit
(#118). Go right (west) on SR 64 for 10 miles. Turn left on Oak Park Rd
(opposite Insight Eye Care-before New Salisbury stop light!) 1 mile on left.
From Corydon: Go north on SR 135 toward New Salisbury. Pass under train
trestle. Turn right on Spring Branch Rd (first street beyond the "New
Salisbury" sign.)
Turn Right at first stop. ½ mile on left. (If you miss Spring Branch
Rd, turn right at
New Salisbury stop light onto SR 64 and right at the first street, Oak
Park Rd. 1 mile
on left.)
From Palmyra: Take SR 135 south to the New Salisbury stoplight. Turn
left on SR 64; go about 1/4 mile to Oak Park Rd (the first street). Turn
right on Oak Park Rd (opposite Insight Eye Care). 1 mile on left.
There are some new photos on the recipe page; photos of Crimson Pie, Down Home Blueberry Cream Pie and Blueberry cinnamon muffins. Check it out by clicking the Recipe button on the left.
