Origin: in Res. Sta., Agriculture Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia. Introd. in 1977. Selected in 1964 from a native stand of lowbush blueberries in a commercial field owned and operated by Dickinson Brothers, West Brook, N.S.; tested as 508. Tree: more vigorous than Augusta and Brunswick; shoots up to 80 cm under greenhouse conditions; easily propagated; less productive than Augusta and Brunswick; tested as both a male and female in crosses with Augusta and Brunswick; as a male was compatible with Augusta; as a female was compatible with Augusta and Brunswick; tolerant to foliage diseases. The third lowbush blueberry named and released from the Kentville Sta. blueberry program. Fruit: somewhat oblong; weight less than Augusta and Brunswick, but more berries per cluster; skin powdery blue; scar very small; matures unevenly.
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