Mark Johanson, of Woodsville, picks a Valley Sunset strawberry, a late variety still producing at Pierson Farm in Bradford, Vt., Friday, July 14, 2017. "I see a fresh strawberry pie in our future," said Johanson's wife Linda while trading tips for jam, pectin and pie with other pickers. The berries were about a week late this year and the rains on July first damaged the ripe berries of early varieties at the farm, but the Valley Sunset recovered giving one picker over 38 pounds of berries after about one hour in the rows. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Mark Johanson, of Woodsville, picks a Valley Sunset strawberry, a late variety still producing at Pierson Farm in Bradford, Vt., Friday, July 14, 2017. "I see a fresh strawberry pie in our future," said Johanson's wife Linda while trading tips for jam, pectin and pie with other pickers. The berries were about a week late this year and the rains on July first damaged the ripe berries of early varieties at the farm, but the Valley Sunset recovered giving one picker over 38 pounds of berries after about one hour in the rows. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News — James M. Patterson