Pentaploid northern highbush × rabbiteye hybrid from the cross G-136 (highbush) × Beckyblue (rabbiteye). Tested as MS149; released in 1994 by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Small Fruit Sta., Poplarville, Miss. Berry: size medium; dark blue; scar, firmness, and flavor good. Flowers late at Poplarville, but ripens 1 week earlier than the earliest rabbiteye cultivars (Climax and Premier). Origin: Tree: vigorous, upright; productive; must be planted with southern highbush cultivars for pollination. Fruit:
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