A highbush blueberry with high yield, early-mid season production. Origin: New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Ltd., Ruakura Research Centre, Hamilton, New Zealand, by N. Patel. Reka × B7-8-1; crossed 1988; selected 1996; tested as RH11; introd. 2007; USPP 21,761, 8 Mar. 2011; NZ PVR 3002; 24 June 2011. Tree: good vigor; upright growth; medium to low chilling requirement; productive; early to mid-season flowering and cropping, intermediate to O’Neal and Reka; plant has shown tolerance to foliar rust infection (Naohidemyces vaccinii). Fruit: medium to large, ~2.2 g; oblate; light-blue with heavy bloom; good firmness.
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