Welcome to Bryant's Blueberries, a pick your own blueberry farm located in Southern Indiana within 1/2 hour of downtown Louisville, KY.
2012 Blueberry News (This message was sent to all subscribers at 11:00am 5/16/12.)
On April 11 & 12 the temperature dropped to about 27 at Bryant's Blueberries. Normally blueberry blossoms could have handled such a temperature. Unfortunately, many of the blossoms had already been pollinated; these berries were "frozen off."
Overall we expect about a 25% crop. Here is the ripening order of our varieties and the estimated amount of berries available:
Duke 10%-15% (first week of season)
Patriot 5% (first week of season)
BlueJay 15%-20% (second week of season)
BlueRay 30%-35% (third week of season)
BlueCrop 50%-70% (third week of season)
Brigitta 5%-10% (it blooms early)
Darrow 2%-5% (it blooms early)
As you can see most of the crop will come from BlueRay and BlueCrop which ripen later in the season. There will be limited opportunity to pick the earlier varieties. When less than 1 ton per day is available, we will attempt to reduce the crowd either by giving short notice via email or by publishing the picking date only on the website (www.bryantsblueberries.com).
Since the "first to be picked berries" of each variety were frozen off we don't expect to be open much earlier than normal. At this point we are ESTIMATING an open date in the first week in June. When an opening date is established, it will be published on the website.
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Dale & Diane Bryant
6900 Oak Park Rd NE
New Salisbury, IN 47161
812 366-3592
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.
