{"id":225729,"date":"2025-10-17T16:08:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/?p=225729"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:21:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T15:21:49","slug":"whitesbog-cranberries-blueberries-pine-barrens-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/whitesbog-cranberries-blueberries-pine-barrens-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Whitesbog: New Jersey&#8217;s Historic Berry Farm + Village"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"custom_featured_image\" style=\"display:none;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Featured-Image-TEMPLATE-8-800x533.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Featured-Image-TEMPLATE-8-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Featured-Image-TEMPLATE-8-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Featured-Image-TEMPLATE-8-585x390.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Featured-Image-TEMPLATE-8-263x175.jpg 263w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/Featured-Image-TEMPLATE-8.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div><div id=\"custom_category\" style=\"display:none;\">Lifestyle<\/div><p>Once the biggest New Jersey cranberry farm, Whitesbog is the birthplace of the blueberry industry. Whitesbog is a significant spot in women\u2019s history and a fun <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/best-hiking-trails-jersey-shore-new-jersey\/\">nature destination<\/a>. This Pine Barrens historical village has something special to draw in day trippers during every season. <strong>Read on to learn all about farming blueberries and cranberries in Whitesbog in New Jersey\u2019s majestic Pine Barrens.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226211\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Go to Whitesbog to Learn about, to Celebrate, + to Eat the Mouth-Popping Berries<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many excellent reasons to visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whitesbog.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whitesbog Historic Farm and Village<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within the serenely beautiful Brendan T Byrne State Forest, but most of them revolve around the famously delicious berries. The blueberry picking season, spanning several weeks in June and July, brings the Blueberry Summer Festival. Food vendors bring delectable blueberry and blueberry adjacent treats, local artisans bring their crafts, and live music makes the party. It\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/halloween-dog-contest-parades-new-jersey-2025\/\">dog-friendly<\/a> blueberry bonanza. The festival seems to grow each year and includes house and garden tours, wagon rides, and opportunities to taste various varieties of blueberries, some that were planted a century ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Read More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/taylor-swifts-favorite-jersey-shore-spots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taylor Swift\u2019s Life as a Jersey Shore Girl<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to be outdone by the blueberry, Whitesbog cranberries also claim a season of delight. From mid-September through November, the volunteer-driven Whitesbog Preservation Trust organizes cranberry <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/checkout.square.site\/merchant\/AQQPFE8J4M6RY\/checkout\/N27UU65CQZYWQ35BK4M5UJI5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harvest tours<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, cranberry celebration events, Saturday markets, and seasonal <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/dog-friendly-beaches-new-jersey-hikes\/\">hikes<\/a>. Tours begin at 10AM and 12PM. . All things blueberry and cranberry can be learned in the historic village\u2019s Cranberry and Blueberry Museum, Cranberry Research Station, Historic Workers Cottages, and at the Education Bog.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Go to Hike, Learn, + Play<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226210\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-2-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-2-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-2-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-jsg-2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, there is a people-sized \u201cBirdhouse\u201d building dedicated to crafts and activities revolving around the wildlife of Whitesbog. The outdoors of Whitesbog has proven to be an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all-season<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> classroom. On pond ecology class outings, students survey the multitude of species living in the cedar water of the Pine Barrens. Traditional tasks, games, and stories of the Lenni Lenape are taught to groups interested in <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/free-new-jersey-beaches\/\">New Jersey<\/a>\u2019s first peoples.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each season brings learning opportunities at Whitesbog. Groups are shown the transformation of pond life when tadpoles become frogs and dragonfly nymphs shed their skin to grow wings and fly off in spring and then when groundhogs and pine snakes burrow into their holes to hibernate come <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/fall-foliage-jersey-shore\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">autumn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the Whitesbog Preservation Trust stewards the many historic buildings that made up the Whitesbog berry business, as well as the grounds surrounding the farm. Suningive House is made to look like it might have been in the 1920s with charming living spaces and cosy workrooms that represent Elizabeth White\u2019s time at the helm of Whitesbog Farm. The gardens also reflect the history of Elizabeth\u2019s skillful care. Today\u2019s Whitesbog Preservation Trust master gardeners have documented and labeled the flowers and native plants they restored and now maintain. Visitors to the gorgeously plotted garden paths learn about mountain laurel, inkberry, sundew flowers, sand myrtle, and pyxie moss that are uniquely suited to the Pine Barrens ecology.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Go to Whitesbog to Shop<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226212\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-shops-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-shops-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-shops-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-shops-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-shops-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-shops-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-shops.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 1924 General Store holds rows and rows of unique <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/whitesbog.square.site\/s\/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">delights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that represent a mix of what was once sold there and things unimaginable to a 1920s company employee. There are lots of the expected items: blueberry jams, sarsaparilla soda, cranberry honey, and all the culinary treasures associated with old-timey eating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shop holds an equal number of unexpected products: artist-made <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/history-new-jersey-devil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jersey Devil<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> apparel, nature books, cookbooks, posters, art supplies, toys, games, and cool stickers. When Whitesbog was a company town, the General Store was the only place to pick up supplies and was the center of life in Whitesbog. Today, the General Store is regularly open to the public on Saturdays from 10AM to 3PM and is open for touring groups and on special event days.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>A Story that Spans Generations<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226213\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whites-bog.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Whitesbog farming village was founded in 1857 when James Fenwick purchased the first 490 acres of land that would become the center of a 3,000-acre berry enterprise. James first found success in a small bog he called \u201cSkunk\u2019s Misery.\u201d What he began, his son-in-law, Joseph White, continued. James\u2019 granddaughter, Elizabeth, took the family\u2019s berry business to its zenith. By the early 1900s, Whitesbog had become the largest cranberry farm in New Jersey and, in 1916, the farm produced the very first commercial crop of blueberries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berry picking was typically a job for children. There was a lot of work. Some of the farm employees lived and worked there year-round. Each year, thousands of people migrated to Whitesbog Village \u2014 as well as to other Pine Barrens berry farmwork destinations like <a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/double-trouble-state-park-history-jersey-shore\/\">Double Trouble<\/a> \u2014 seasonally, from late June through early August for the blueberries, and again in September to work the cranberry harvest. In the early 1960s, a group of Philadelphia teens, all members of the doo-wop band the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/whitedoowopcollector.blogspot.com\/2013\/04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Del Airs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, spent a summer break picking at Whitesbog. The seasonal workers sometimes performed plays, played baseball, and shared communal meals, but mostly they worked hard.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Elizabeth White\u2019s Wonderful Legacy<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226215\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1893, Elizabeth took over her family\u2019s farm and soon began growing blueberries in the land between the bogs. She worked with botanist Frederick Coville to cultivate from wild blueberries the desired traits for resistance to cold and disease, for flavor, and size. Elizabeth made her family farm the birthplace of the commercial blueberry industry \u2014 a supermarket product it\u2019s difficult to imagine life without.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elizabeth innovated using the new plant-derived film cellophane to enclose her wood pint containers of blueberries for large-scale distribution. Her efforts were undeniably successful. She was the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/njwomenshistory.org\/biographies\/elizabeth-coleman-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first female<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> member of the American Cranberry Association, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/molly-pitcher-history-new-jersey\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first woman<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to receive the New Jersey Department of Agriculture citation, and was instrumental in organizing the New Jersey Blueberry Cooperative Association in 1927.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>The Peculiar Pine Barrens of New Jersey<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226214\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-800x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/10\/whitesbog-square.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once upon a time, in 1978, actually, the swath of coastal pine barrens that makes up one-third of New Jersey was declared the nation\u2019s first-ever National Reserve. A decade later, the area was proclaimed an International Biosphere Reserve by the United Nations. Nestled into this very special 1.1 million acres is the Brendan T Byrne State Forest, wherein sits Whitesbog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/new-jersey-pine-barrens-piney-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pine Barrens<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are an ecological wonder. They provide some of the purest freshwater in the world and support a unique network of plants and animals. Pine Barrens plants have adapted to become fire-adapted \u2014 pitch pines can survive and even benefit from wildfire!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>See More:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/history-new-jersey-devil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Jersey Devil: A Brief History<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nearly four thousand acres of cranberry bogs are grown commercially in the Pine Barrens region of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/september-11th-memorials-new-jersey\/\">New Jersey<\/a>. Only Wisconsin produces more of the tart, uniquely American fruit. And New Jersey leads the nation in the production of the abundant sweet summer blueberry we all take for granted. We can thank the acidic sugar sand soil of the New Jersey Pine Barrens for our great bounty of scrumptious sweet blueberries and mouthwatering cranberries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Follow @thejerseyshoregirl_ on <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thejerseyshoregirl_\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thehobokengirl\/?hl=en\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Instagram<\/a> for the latest Jersey Shore updates, <a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/twilight-lion-90332.myflodesk.com\/jrf4qhj7qk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/view.flodesk.com\/pages\/62f92877e5ea6b3d8aea50ad\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">sign up for our weekly newsletter here<\/a>\u00a0that shares everything you missed each week, and check out our\u00a0<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.hobokengirl.com\/events\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">events calendar<\/a>, which has over 40+ events weekly to peruse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/category\/lifestyle\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-120157\" src=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg\" alt=\"read more button\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-800x240.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-1024x307.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-768x230.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719-585x176.jpg 585w, https:\/\/thelocalgirl.com\/jerseyshore\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/02\/1-e1658249565719.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LifestyleOnce the biggest New Jersey cranberry farm, Whitesbog is the birthplace of the blueberry industry. 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