Searles

Variety of Cranberry · Vaccinium macrocarpon

Classic Wisconsin cultivar with dark-red berries and good colouring.

Also known as: Searls Jumbo, Searles Jumbo

🇺🇸 USA 1893

Taste & characteristics

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Medium-large, dark-red berries with deep colour.

Historic wild selection, long the leading cultivar in northern Wisconsin.

Moderate to high yield, mid-late ripening.

Parent of several USDA hybrids (e.g. Bergman).

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