Very early season, productive, low-chill southern highbush with excellent flavor and fruit quality for the fresh market. Origin: Berry Blue, Grand Junction, MI by E. Wheeler and J. Hancock. Sapphire × Snowchaser; crossed 2006; selected 2008; tested as BB06-540FL-12; introd. 2012; USPP 24,831; 2 Sept. 2014. Tree: moderately vigorous; habit very upright, with a small crown; good mechanical harvest potential; good leafing in spring; blooms early; requires cross-pollination for maximum yields; chilling requirement ~150 h. Fruit: very large; medium blue; spherical; picking scar very small, dry; very sweet and subacid; very firm; texture crunchy and juicy; ripens 21 d before Star in Gainesville, FL; ripening concentrated.
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