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Variety of Cultivated blueberry · Vaccinium corymbosum
Modern commercial variety with very firm, crisp berries and outstanding shelf life.
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1🇺🇸 USA 2004
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmtartcrispsweet
Profile
- Parentage
- G-224 x G-224 selection (MSU)
- Breeder
- Michigan State University (J. Hancock)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 1.7 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, very firm, crisp, light-blue berries with a small scar and long shelf life.
Growth
Upright, vigorous bush of 1.3-1.6 m.
Yield
High yield with concentrated ripening, well suited to mechanical harvest.
Notes
One of the most important modern commercial cultivars worldwide, excellent for shipping and export.
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