Ike Hubbard, 84, of Jonesport, has long sold blueberry rakes to farmers and harvesters across the country for decades. But on June 29, his small shop went up in flames and burned to the ground.

Ike Hubbard made his first blueberry hand-rake prototype in 1987 and has been making them ever since.

Ike Hubbard, 84, designed and made tools for working the land by hand for decades in the Hubbard Rake Co. shop at his historical family homestead.

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The swishing of hand-held blueberry rakes wielded by dozens of field workers is being replaced by the rumble of tractors across Maine’s wild blueberry fields, as growers turn to mechanical harvesters ...

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JONESPORT, Maine (AP) — It's a busy time of the year for Harold "Ike" Hubbard, who makes and mends blueberry rakes in a small shop in this Downeast town. Hubbard makes rakes that are used to harvest a ...

In a few weeks, Maine's wild blueberry industry will be in the spotlight, from with the Governor's ceremonial first rake to ...

JONESPORT, Maine (AP) _ It's a busy time of the year for Harold "Ike" Hubbard, who makes and mends blueberry rakes in a small shop in this Down east town. Hubbard makes rakes that are used to harvest ...