Low-chill southern highbush, potentially self-fruitful without pollination. Origin: Hartmann’s Nursery, Grand Junction, MI, by D.S. Hartmann. Misty × Sharpblue; crossed 2005. USPP 27,895; 28 Apr. 2016. Tree: multi-stemmed, erect shrub; growth habit spreading to 1.1 m; flowers freely without the use of growth regulating chemicals; chilling requirement 150 h; stems cold tolerant to-23 °C; adapted to a wide variety of tropical to subtropical climates; propagation by softwood cuttings and in vitro. Fruit: large; firm; picking scar small; earliest fruiting among most commercial cultivars; ripens 10 d before Star; large fruits ripen uniformly; can be stored 21 d at 0.5-4.4 °C; pollinated and non-pollinated fruits are approximately the same size, thus suitable for greenhouse production.
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