Bob Waldo News Today

HUDSON — Drive east on Hudson Avenue 4 or 5 miles west of U.S. 19 until you get into open country and the roadside signs start to appear: “U-Pick Blueberries.” Most years the picking starts in March, but cooler weather this year delayed ripening timetables. But halfway into April, lovers of the plump blue fruits were in the fields pickin’ away. “We need 65-degree nights and 85-degree days before we have ripe fruit,” said Bob Waldo, owner of Bob’s Blueberry Far...