Early season southern highbush with large, very firm fruit, for evergreen production systems. Origin: Mountain Blue Orchards, New South Wales, Australia by R. Bell. C99-42 × C00-008; crossed 2006; selected 2008; USPP 27,163; 20 Sept. 2016. Tree: very vigorous; upright; 2.0 m (h) × 1.2 m (w); foliage evergreen; cold tolerance expected to be low; chilling requirement low, 200-250 h; typically grown as an evergreen crop where chilling hours are not important; vegetative budbreak late; flowering very early; productivity >5 kg per season; suitable for mechanical harvesting. Fruit: large to very large, ~20 mm; oblate; dark blue; picking scar small, dry; very firm; sweetness medium to high; acidity low; ripening early; stores 10 weeks at 2C.
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