An early-mid season ripening highbush blueberry with a potential second crop late in the summer. Origin: New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Ltd., Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand, by N. Patel. Reka × Island Blue; crossed 1990; selected 1998; tested as F126; introd. 2007; USPP 21,721 (as F126), 22 Feb. 2011; NZ PVR 3001; 24 June 2011. Tree: good vigor; upright growth; medium-to low-chill; early to mid-season flowering and cropping; medium to high yields; suitable for machine harvesting. Fruit: small, 1.3 g; round; sweet; light-blue with heavy bloom; good firmness.
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