Produce Farms near Penn Yan, NY

Penn Yan

Hoover's U-Pick Blueberries opens its bushes for pick-your-own on Baldwin Road in Penn Yan, at the head of Keuka Lake in Yates County. Blueberry picking here runs through midsummer, from mid-July into August, when the Finger Lakes crop comes ripe. Bring your own containers for u-pick.

Penn Yan

Sugar Shack Blueberry Farm opens roughly 17,000 pesticide-free blueberry bushes for pick-your-own on East Swamp Road in Penn Yan, in the Finger Lakes. The farm also grows raspberries and taps its own maple syrup, and has run for about two decades. Picking generally happens Monday through Saturday during the mid-to-late summer blueberry season. Call 585-526-5442 to confirm ripeness and hours before driving out.

Penn Yan

Seneca Breeze Berries grows berries on Earls Hill Road outside Penn Yan, in the Yates County countryside between Keuka and Seneca Lakes. The Finger Lakes berry season runs from June strawberries into late-summer raspberries and blueberries.

Village of Penn Yan

Sauder's Produce sells farm-grown vegetables and fruit near Penn Yan in Yates County, at the north end of Keuka Lake. The Penn Yan area has a large Mennonite farming community that supplies much of the region's roadside produce, and Welker Road runs through that rural farmland. Check locally for the stand's seasonal hours, which usually track the summer and fall harvest.

Branchport

Jim Bedient's Blueberry Patch is a pick-your-own grower on Stever Road in Branchport, near Keuka Lake in Yates County. The Finger Lakes' well-drained hillsides suit highbush blueberries, which usually ripen from mid-July into August here. Expect a seasonal, cash-and-carry patch rather than a year-round storefront. Picking depends on weather, so it's worth checking availability before heading out.

Rock Stream

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Dundee

A roadside vegetable stand on East Waneta Lake Road near Dundee, in the Finger Lakes between Waneta and Lamoka lakes. Look for the sweet corn, tomatoes, and summer produce that fill Yates County stands through the growing season. Hours are seasonal, running when crops are coming in.

Prattsburgh

Hillview Blueberry Farm sells pick-your-own blueberries for about $2 a pound on Bean Station Road in Prattsburgh, in the Finger Lakes. It's a family-run patch, cash or check only, that typically opens in mid-July and picks from early morning to evening. Bring your own containers and expect a quiet, rural setting well off the main roads.

Clifton Springs

ACMME Blueberries, part of Embers Rising Farm, opens organic blueberries for pick-your-own on La Rue Road in Clifton Springs, in the Finger Lakes' Ontario County. The berries ripen from July into August; bring reusable containers. The same farm sells Christmas trees once winter arrives, so it runs on two seasonal poles. Call (315) 462-9220 to confirm the patch is open and picking well.

Seneca Falls

Seneca Falls

Shuster's grows pick-your-own strawberries on Route 89 in Seneca Falls, along the Cayuga Lake side of the Finger Lakes. The family operation, registered as P&K Shuster Farms, focuses on June-bearing strawberries picked by the quart during the few weeks they peak. Route 89 is a well-traveled lake road, making the patch an easy stop. Selection is strawberry-season only, so timing matters.

Shortsville

Stan Rathbun runs a pick-your-own strawberry patch in the Almond area of Allegany County, at ZIP 14808 in New York's Southern Tier. Strawberry season here is short, usually a few weeks in June, and u-pick fields open only while the berries last. Call at the start of June to check whether the patch is ready and picking.

Trumansburg

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