Vaccinium corymbosum 'Earliblue'

Cultivar

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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 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

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

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Synonyms

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Earliblue'