Ornamental remontant blueberry with a spring and summer crop of small-medium size berries on a compact bush with attractive, glossy, dark green leaves. Origin: USDA-ARS, Horticultural Crops Research Unit, Corvallis, OR, by C.E. Finn, T. Mackey, B.C. Strik, and R.R. Martin. Perpetua × ORUS 55-1; selected 2010; tested as ORUS 289-1; introd. 2017. USPP 29,787; 6 Nov. 2018. Tree: vigor moderate; growth habit compact; attractive; foliage extremely dark green, lustrous; combination of flowers, ripe fruit and attractive foliage in late summer to fall is particularly desirable. Fruit: small-medium; uniform; somewhat oblong; medium blue; moderately soft; flavor mild; picking scar wet; 1st crop ripens earlier than Duke’s, and 2nd crop ripens basipetally on new growth, typically 10-12 nodes, beginning in early-mid-August.
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