An organic blueberry farm in Pemberton Township — owned by the same family for nearly 70 years — will go on the auction block July 31.
Reeves Berries, one of the first blueberry farms to operate in Burlington County, contains 134 acres and a three-bedroom log cabin-style home off Deep Run Lane.
Robert Reeves and his brother-in-law William Goss bought the land in 1946 and began cultivating blueberries and cranberries.
Their first berries were shipped through the now-defunct Tru-Blu Cooperative Association in 1952.
Reeves' stepson Eric Karlberg and his wife, Natalie, took over the farm in 1997. That same year they built the 2,100-square-foot home that sits on the property.
Karlberg said his grown children aren't interested in keeping the land, so he's decided to sell.
"You can't fault them there. They have to do what they want to do," Karlberg said of his offspring.
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Reeves Berries, one of the first blueberry farms to operate in Burlington County, contains 134 acres and a three-bedroom log cabin-style home off Deep Run Lane.
Robert Reeves and his brother-in-law William Goss bought the land in 1946 and began cultivating blueberries and cranberries.
Their first berries were shipped through the now-defunct Tru-Blu Cooperative Association in 1952.
Reeves' stepson Eric Karlberg and his wife, Natalie, took over the farm in 1997. That same year they built the 2,100-square-foot home that sits on the property.
Karlberg said his grown children aren't interested in keeping the land, so he's decided to sell.
"You can't fault them there. They have to do what they want to do," Karlberg said of his offspring.
http://www.courierpostonline.com/st...ily-selling-longtime-blueberry-farm/12898809/