Searles
Variety of Cranberry · Vaccinium macrocarpon
Classic Wisconsin cultivar with dark-red berries and good colouring.
Also known as: Searls Jumbo, Searles Jumbo
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1🇺🇸 USA 1893
Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourtart
Profile
- Parentage
- Wildselektion Wisconsin
- Breeder
- Andrew Searls (Wisconsin)
- Fruit weight
- 2 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-large, dark-red berries with deep colour.
Growth
Historic wild selection, long the leading cultivar in northern Wisconsin.
Yield
Moderate to high yield, mid-late ripening.
Notes
Parent of several USDA hybrids (e.g. Bergman).
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