Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluegold'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub. It grows 1.5-2.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Origin: at Beltsville, Md., by A.D. Draper. Introd. in 1988. Bluehaven × ME­US-5 (Ashworth × Bluecrop), Vaccinium corymbosum. Selected in 1972 in Weymouth, N.J., by A.D. Draper, D.H. Scott, and G. Jelenkovic from cross made in 1968; evaluated by N. Vorsa and G.J. Galletta as G-355. Tree: vigorous; low-growing; highly productive. Fruit: light blue color; scar good; firm; flavor good; late-ripening, with Jersey.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
Size -
Vigor vigorous
Productivity high productivity

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Synonyms

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Bluegold'