Raspberry & Blackberry Picking at Cider Hill Farm

What's better than fresh picked berries? Cider Hill Farm has multiple berry fields that offer a perfect day on the farm. Raspberry picking typically begins late June and goes through July. Blackberry picking starts early July and runs through mid-August. Berries freeze well and make excellent jam.

Raspberry and Blackberries Varieties You'll Find

EARLIBLUE

Considered one of the earliest ripening of the Northern Highbush varieties, Earliblue is a medium-large fruit with sweet aromatic flavor, firm texture, and light blue color.

DUKE

Early season variety medium to large in size with slightly tart flavor, firm texture and light blue in color. Each bush is high-yielding and hardy.

SPARTAN

Offering a long-lasting bearing season, Spartan start earlier and end later than most varieties. it has very large berries with excellent flavor, firm texture, and light blue color.

REKA

Early season variety large in size with excellent flavor, firm texture, and dark blue in color. The plant is vigorous and hardy.

PATRIOT

Native to New England; this early season variety is large in size, excellent blueberry flavor with a moderate firmness and bright blue color.

BLUERAY

This is an early to mid-season high quality variety with large fruit, sweet flavor, firm texture, and dark blue color.

BLUEGOLD

This mid-season variety is highly productive with superior quality berries with large fruit, excellent flavor, firm texture, and sky blue color.

BLUECROP

A mid-season, hardy consistent variety with fruit that grows in large clusters. Bluecrop has superb berry flavor, very firm texture, and bright blue color.

CHANDLER

A mid to late season variety with very large fruit, mild, and sweet flavor that is moderately firm in texture, and dark blue in color.

JERSEY

One of the oldest and popular late season varieties, Jersey has a medium fruit size, very sweet flavor, firm texture, and dark blue color.

ELLIOT

Considered the latest of all blueberry varieties, this plant fruits all through September. It has medium size berries, firm texture, and light blue color. Elliot need to be fully ripe for best flavor.