WorldFloraDB - Vaccinium corymbosum 'Darrow'

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
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Rooting depth (meter)	-
Root diameter (meter)	-
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Nitrogen fixer	-
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Environment

Light
Soil humidity	-
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

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

Cultivation

Origin: in Beltsville, Md. Introd. in 1965. F-72 × Bluecrop; cross made in 1949 by G.M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Beltsville; selected by him in 1955; evaluated and named by D.H. Scott and J.N. Moore, USDA, Beltsville, and by H.H. Bowen and L.F. Hough, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta., New Brunswick; tested as G-71. Tree: erect; vigorous; consistently productive, more so than Coville. Fruit: duster medium, attractive; berry as large as, to larger than, Coville; skin light blue; flesh firm, aromatic, highly flavored, tart to mildly tart depending on maturity; neither drops nor cracks during wet weather; scar medium; ripens about with Coville, which it resembles.

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	productive

Identifiers

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Synonyms

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Darrow'

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