WorldFloraDB - Vaccinium corymbosum 'Earliblue'

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)	1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter)	1.5 - 2.5
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Nitrogen fixer	-
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Environment

Light
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

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Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Origin: in Weymouth, N.J., by F.V. Coville and O.M. Freeman, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and the New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1952. Stanley × Weymouth; cross made in 1936 by Coville and Freeman; seedling raised in Weymouth, and selection made in 1943 by J.H. Clarke (then of the New Jersey station), E.M. Meader (New Hampshire Agr. Expt. Sta.), and George M. Darrow (USDA); tested as US 15-121. Tree: hardy; upright; vigorous; well-shaped; productive; a fine early variety for Maryland northward. Fruit: duster size medium, loose; berries large, oblate; skin light blue; flesh very firm, subacid, flavor good, resistant to cracking, moderately aromatic, dessert quality good; scar good; season very early with or before Weymouth.

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 'Earliblue'

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