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Vaccinium corymbosum 'Chanticleer'

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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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An early-ripening highbush blueberry. Origin: introduced in 1997 by M. Ehlenfeldt and N. Vorsa, USDA, Chattsworth, N.J., from the cross G-180 × Me-US 6620 made in 1974 by Arlen Draper. Full sibling of the cultivar Sunrise. Tested as G-481. Selected in 1978 from a seedling field grown in Hammonton, N.J. Tree: upright, medium-height. Flowers after Weymouth but before Duke and Sunrise. Resistant to mummy berry blight in New Jersey. Fruit: early-ripening, fruit medium size, medium to light blue, with dry scar and good firmness. Sweet, subacid with mild flavor. Berry stores as well as Sunrise but not as well as Duke.
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Highbush. Origin: in Hammonton, N.J., by USDA and the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Introd. in 1997. G-150 × Me-US6620. Tested as G-481. Very early ripening, 2 to 5 days earlier than Weymouth. Tree: upright, moderate height. Flowers slightly later than Weymouth. Fruit: medium in size, medium to light blue, with good scar and firmness. Fruit sweet, subacid, and mild-flavored.
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Germination duration (days) 365
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Vaccinium corymbosum 'Chanticleer'
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