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Blueberries

(Spring Shipment Only)

 

One of the best low-maintenance landscape plants available.  Blueberries makes an attractive hedge or specimen plant, 3-6’ tall depending on variety.  Long-lasting, brilliant red foliage in the fall.  Half a dozen plants will provide a small family with enough fruit for fresh eating.  Plant two varieties  of the same season for pollination.  Husky, two and three-year plants in 1-gallon pots, 14-24” tall.  $9.50

 

Bluecrop - The standard variety.  Large, nickel-sized fruit.  Hardy and productive.  Mild, sweet flavor.  Early-midseason.

Blueray - Extra large, high quality fruit on multiple shoots.  Sweet-tart, aromatic flavor.  Self-fruitful, good pollinator for Bluecrop.  Early-midseason.

Bluegold - Beautiful compact plant—to 4’tall.  Hardy and productive.  Aluminum blue, medium-size fruit.  Good flavor.  Late.

Bluehaven - Large berries, very firm.  Developed at Michigan State University.  Early-midseason. 

Duke - Newer release from USDA.  Produces good quality, mild flavored fruit.  A vigorous and productive variety.  Early.

Elliot - Latest highbush variety, ripening late August until frost.  Fruit is small and very tart until fully ripe.  Self-fruitful.  A good landscape variety  with its blue-green foliage and late bloom.

Jersey - Late-season variety, vigorous and productive.  Grows tall, well-shaped.  Fruit juicy, mild, fair to good flavored..  The leading mid-season berry in southwest Michigan.

Northland - Extremely productive,  early- season variety.  Small fruit with wild blueberry flavor.  Vigorous plant grows 3-4’ tall.  Especially adapted to a short growing season.  Hardy to -25 F.

Ornablue - Developed at the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station.  Bears heavy crops of dark blue berries.  Wild blueberry flavor.  Grows to 3’ tall, spreads to 5’.  Slender leaf.  Long-lasting, red foliage in the fall.  Hardy Zones 4-7.

 

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Last modified: July 15, 2005.