Negus U-Pick Berries - Blueberries, Gooseberries, Black Currants, White Currants — Local services in Town of Richford

Many people around Richford and Berkshire have been picking blueberries (and gooseberries and currants) at the Negus Farm for years. Open the months of July and August, 8am- 8pm according to the Cornell Extension website. Seemingly hundreds of large blueberry bushes on a north-facing slope, well tended, Usually loaded with berries by late July. About 1 mile east and uphill out of Richford on Rt 79, just as the highway starts to straighten out eastward again, there is an intersection - Victory Hill Rd to the NE, and Perry Rd (which you want) as a SHARP and almost hidden right turn to the SW. Follow Perry Rd as it straightens out to the south about a 1/4 mile, and there is a field entrance with a U-Pick sign. Follow the field road to the parking area. Currants & Raspberries are on the flat; blueberries are down the hill in rows paralleling the contours, so it's easiest to go to the right side (East) and walk down along the heads of the rows till you get to ones further down that have been less-picked over. The last couple years the Negus's have let you pick for shares: leave 50% by weight, and take the rest home for free! Or you can pay by the pound and take all you've picked. The weighing and pay station is at the farmhouse. Get there by returning to the intersection, but instead of going onto 79, follow the sign and continue onto the long driveway paralleling the highway to the house, drive around back, and you'll find the weigh & pay station on the pretty back porch. Note: the blueberry hill is steep to walk and pick on, but well mowed. Enjoy!! We take along ice-cream buckets and fill...

Great for picking blue berries. This year the size of the blueberries were huge and plentiful from all the rain. By mid august it takes longer to pick the same amount of July so I would go mid to late July for the most quantity and largest blueberries. Currently it is 2 dollars a pound OR half and half of what you pick. I find it much easier to give them half and take the other half home free. This is a yearly experience for our family and will be for as long as we can.

Make sure to bring you own buckets or containers. Bring boots if it has rained recently. Bring water down with you as it sucks walking up the hill numerous times back to your car.

The Amish are usually there picking so make sure to beat them before they take all the blueberries :) I find the bottom of the hill the best as most people do not want to walk that far down and return up the hill with buckets of blueberries.

From 79 go right on Perry road to the bend on the left. About a quarter of a mile there is a sign on the left. Turn left at the sign and it is a tractor path and follow it to the grass parking area. To the left down the hill are the blueberries. Do not drive down the steep hill as you will likely get stuck.

To pay or give shares go back to 79 but there is a tractor path just before 79 on the right about 10 feet from 79 on Perry road. Follow that and turn right at the house. On their back porch is the weigh station or...

We went and picked 10 lbs of blueberries. We have them 5 lbs and walked away with 5 lbs for free. The berries were very tasty! The hill was a challenge for me (disabled) bur workable. The blueberries were ripe and delicious! Bring your own containers..this is a beautiful place and we...