A vigorous southern highbush blueberry adapted to the Coastal Plains and Gulf Coast regions of the U.S. Origin: USDA-ARS Small Fruit Research Station, Poplarville, Miss., by J.M. Spiers, S.J. Stringer, and A.D. Draper. MS-122 × MS-6; cross made in mid 1980s at Beltsville, Md.; selected in 1991 and tested as MS 548; introd. in 2005. Tree: vigorous, upright; medium–high yield potential; propagation by softwood or hardwood cuttings; should be interplanted with other southern highbush cultivars to optimize earliness, yield and quality. Fruit: medium – large; color, firmness, flavor and picking scar good; ripens approximately 10 d before Climax.
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