"After a rainy, cool start to the season, blueberry gatherers might have expected slim pickings. But the reality is the exact opposite.
Local blueberry growers say their bushes have been putting on a good show this summer, and picking is plentiful.
“We have a really good crop of berries this year. The cool wet weather hasn’t seemed to affect the berry production,” said Pam Gianetti, of Gianetti’s U-Pick Blueberries on Franklin’s Union Street.
There, about five acres of high bush blueberry bushes are tucked away amidst a residential neighborhood at 557 Union St. -- a hidden treasure pocket laden with the plump, dark blue gems of summer. Since 1979 the Gianetti family has welcomed visitors to their blueberry beds to pick their own buckets full of berries."
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| we went ti Gianetti's a couple of weeks ago and it was good picking |
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