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Vaccinium corymbosum 'Garden Blue'

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous shrub.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Cultivation

Origin: in Raleigh, N.C., by E.B. Morrow, North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta. and George M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1958. Myers × Clara; rabbiteye type; selected in 1944; tested as N.C. 468. Tree: consistently high-yielding; vigorous; upright; suckers readily; fruit well distributed on long shoots, making picking easy. Garden Blue appears adapted to home gardens because of its vigorous growth and good fruit quality. Fruit: medium, averaging 130-135 /half-pint cup; round; flesh firm, blue; flavor good; scar small, dry; in eastern North Carolina, ripening begins in mid­June and ends by mid-July.
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Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) 18 - 30
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Vaccinium corymbosum 'Garden Blue'
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