Early-season rabbiteye blueberry adapted to hand harvest for the fresh market or mechanical harvest for the processing market. Origin: USDA-ARS Southern Horticulture Laboratory by S.J. Stringer, A.D. Draper, and J.M. Spiers. MS 598 × FL 80-11; crossed 1992; selected 1996; tested as MS 706; introd. 2008. Tree: high productivity; vigorous; upright; spreading; propagated readily by softwood or hardwood cuttings; chilling requirement 300-400 h. Fruit: medium; good color, flavor, firmness and picking scar; ripens approx. 4 d before Climax; moderately susceptible to rain-induced splitting.
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