A low-chill southern highbush blueberry with light-blue berry color. Origin: from a cross made at the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station in 1980. Selected in Gainesville, Fla., in 1982. Tested as FL84-37 in Sebring (Highlands County), Fla., and released in 1999. USPP 11829. Tree: vigor medium, heavy flower-bud producer. Medium-upright, good resistance to phytophthora root rot, stem blight, and cane canker. May require winter pruning to prevent over-fruiting. Flowers a week before Sharpblue at Sebring; chilling requirement 200–300 h. Fruit: large, light-blue color, good scar, firmness, and flavor. Early-ripening; ripens a week before Sharpblue in south-central Florida.
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