Duke
Variety of Cultivated blueberry · Vaccinium corymbosum
Reliable early variety with firm, uniform berries and consistently high yields.
9
5
1🇺🇸 USA 1987
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmmildsweetrefreshing
Profile
- Parentage
- (Ivanhoe × Earliblue) × E-30
- Breeder
- USDA-ARS
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-large, firm berries with a mild, sweet taste; ships well.
Growth
Upright, vigorous bush; blooms late (frost-avoiding) yet ripens early.
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