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Look at these Polana raspberries. They are large, sweet, succulent red berries that ripen in the autumn.
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Summerbeaut Nectarines
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Summerbeaut nectarines are a freestone variety with yellow flesh. Find them this week at Wickham’s Fruit Farm.
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Gerardo chopping
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Gerardo operating our largest and most powerful rotary chopper.
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Bayron operating the offset disc mower
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Bayron operating the offset disc mower.
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Chicken Barbecue
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Wickham’s Fruit Farm offers its best wishes to the Cutchogue Fire Department as the date approaches once again for its annual chicken barbecue, to be held Saturday, August 27. This popular and legendary event helps put Cutchogue on the map for barbecuegoers both local and from far away.
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Heart of Springs Gala Benefit
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Don’t miss the Heart of Springs Gala Benefit, to be held from 5PM to 7:30PM Saturday August 27 on the Green at Ashawagh Hall in Springs.
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Painting En Plein Air
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The East End of Long Island has a rich tradition of painting out of doors. Wickham’s Fruit Farm is proud to spotlight Plein Air Peconic, a group of local artists who continue the tradition of painting en plein air.
Visit the Facebook Page here.
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Blueberry Net
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This netting helps keep the birds away from the blueberries.
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offset disc mower
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We cut down on herbicide use by using this thin-profile offset disc mower that gets in between the trees.
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View Across Orchard
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This time of year, the density of the foliage makes each row of the orchard seem like an impenetrable, mysterious world of its own. At the end of this view across the orchard, you can see a tractor doing some work.
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