Spartan
Variety of Cultivated blueberry · Vaccinium corymbosum
Early variety with especially large, aromatic berries and outstanding flavour.
9
5
1🇺🇸 USA 1977
Taste & characteristics
Taste
tartcrispsweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- US 11-93 (Earliblue x US 11-37) x Earliblue
- Breeder
- USDA
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 2.2 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very large, firm, light-blue berries with excellent, well-balanced flavour.
Growth
Upright, open bush of 1.5-1.8 m.
Yield
Moderate to good yield; early ripening.
Notes
Needs well-drained acidic soil; sensitive on heavy soils.
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