Large-fruited, early-mid-ripening, evergreen production system cultivar for fresh markets and home gardens. Origin: CostaExchange, Ravenhall, Australia, and Florida Foundation Seed Producers, Gainesville, FL by G. Wright and P. Lyrene. F95-52 × E12; crossed 1995; selected 1999; USPP 22,757; 29 May 2012. Tree: vigorous; bushy; 1.9 m (h) × 1.2 m (w); vegetative budbreak early to medium, mid-late August when grown as an evergreen in Australia; early flowering, mid-August when grown as an evergreen in Australia; yield 3-4 kg per plant; cold tolerance expected to be low; typically grown as an evergreen crop where chilling hours are not important; estimated chilling requirement 250 h; low resistance to root disease (Phytophthora spp.); low resistance to blueberry rust; moderate to low resistance to anthracnose fruit rot (Colletotrichum gleosporoides). Fruit: large, ~2.8 g; oblate; dark blue; picking scar very small, dry; medium firm to firm; sweetness medium; acidity low to medium; ripens early to midseason (mid-September) when grown as an evergreen in Australia; stores well.
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