Elliott
Variety of Cultivated blueberry · Vaccinium corymbosum
The classic late variety: extends the harvest into September and stores exceptionally well.
9
5
1🇺🇸 USA 1973
Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmtartaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Burlington x (Dixi x Jersey)
- Breeder
- USDA
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 1.3 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, very firm, light-blue berries, tart at first and sweeter when fully ripe.
Growth
Upright, vigorous bush of 1.5-2.0 m.
Yield
High yield; one of the latest ripening cultivars of all.
Notes
Excellent storage and shipping ability, commercially key for the late season.
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