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Vaccinium corymbosum 'Blue Ridge'

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Cultivation

Origin: at White Lake, N.C., by G.J. Galletta and A.D. Draper. Introd. in 1987. Southern highbush, mainly Vaccinium corymbosum. Patriot × US 74 (V. darrowi cv. Fla. 4B × Bluecrop). Selected in 1975; tested as NC 1440 by J.R. Ballington, C.M. Main­land, S.D. Duke, and A.D. Draper. Tree: vigorous; erect; widely adapted. Chilling requirement 500-600 hours. Susceptible to cane canker and mummy berry; field tolerant to stem blight. Fruit: medium-large; excellent color, firmness, and flavor; picking scar fair to poor; ripens early midseason to midseason.
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Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
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Vigor vigorous
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Vaccinium corymbosum 'Blue Ridge'
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