Blueberry rake

Blueberry rake

The Blueberry rake was invented by a Mainer Abijah Tabbut in 1822.

Low bush blueberries are usually harvested using a blueberry rake.

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Created on: July 2006

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Comments:

Alovely from Maine, U.S.A. on Feb 14, 2008 at 4:03 PM said:

Nice composition Carol. Very enjoyable photograph.

lorraine from NZ on Dec 2, 2007 at 3:57 PM said:

I have a friend who grows blueberrys and showed her this photograph, they had never seen anything like this and thought it was a fantastic idea, he's going to see if he can make something like it, they said it would be a change to get more berrys than the birds.

Shutterbug from Maine on Dec 2, 2007 at 7:08 AM said:

Thanks Lorraine and Mary for your lovely comments, this photo was never intended to be a lesson in how to pick blueberries.

Just a pretty photo of blueberries and my blueberry rake.Enjoy!

Mary Sham from Pgh, PA on Dec 1, 2007 at 11:19 PM said:

Nice "still life" you set up Carol to show blueberries with the rake. As far as I can see you didn't state that the rake was used to harvest a "quart" of blueberries. If you choose to pick high bush berries...go for it! Thanks for sharing your photo. :)

lorraine from NZ on Dec 1, 2007 at 3:44 PM said:

What an interesting item, you could make quite a bit of use out of that for picking berrys, so important to be able to freeze fruits for the winter.

Ann from Maine on Nov 30, 2007 at 11:02 PM said:

That rake would never be used to harvest a quart of berries as pictured. Blueberry rakes like that harvest five gallon buckets of berries in about 15 minutes. No one would use a rake to pick a quart's worth of berries.

High bush berries may be easier to pick, but the taste is so inferior to low bush, why bother?

Shutterbug from Maine on Aug 1, 2006 at 10:10 AM said:

Thanks Talsi for commenting.It takes some getting used to to use the rake,We have had this rake at least 30 years and most of the time it has hung on the wall in our basement.

We pick about two gallons to freeze for baking goodies in the winter.I prefer picking high bush ones.

Talsi from Western NOrth Carolina USA on Jul 31, 2006 at 9:20 PM said:

Interesting. We have a lot of wild blueberries here also and I have never seen that rake before. I would imagine that it sure beats picking by hand.

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