A seed-propagated lowbush blueberry (V. angustifolium). Origin: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Kentville, Nova Scotia, by Andrew R. Jamieson. Fundy × Brunswick; cross made in 1989 and its seedlings tested as KBF7 against 41 other seedling populations from 1990-2004; introduced in 2006. Tree: similar morphologically to parents but since they are seed propagated they produce many more rhizomes than do cutting-propagated Fundy and Brunswick; sprouts (new shoots after a pruning) are unbranched or have few branches, a trait that facilitates mechanical harvesting; pollinizer not required. Fruit: large, 0.3-0.6 g compared to wild lowbush; light powdery blue; good firmness and scar; less productive than Fundy but more productive than open-pollinated seedlings; flavor is very good.
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