Joey:

If your plant has lots of leaves and is growing nicely, you can leave the fruit. If the opposite is true you might want to remove at least part of the fruit.

If your bush grows nicely the rest of this year then let it fruit next year.

The key to getting growth is regular nitrogen fertilizer, proper pH, and moist soil. There has been plenty discussed about this in the past. You can find that info using the search function.

Thanks for the help, fruitnut. I think I'm going to let it fruit for the rest of the season, as it has a lot of beautiful new foliage. Now I just need to keep the birds off of it with some wildlife-friendly netting.