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Southern Highbush

ABUNDANCE is a vigorous, high-yielding variety. The Fruit is large and firm, with good color, flavor, and scar. Begins ripening a few days after Star. Easy to pollinate.

CAMELLIA  is an early-to-mid season southern highbush blueberry. The variety has highly favorable attributes, especially fruit color, size and plant vigor. A large berry size and strong blue fruit color make this selection desirable for marketing.

EMERALD is a vigorous bush with a growth habit midway between upright and spreading. Flowers open uniformly and it produces abundant leaves even after mild winters. Emerald is very capable of carrying heavy crops and combines a vigorous, upright, bush with high yield potential, early ripening, and large, high-quality berries which are large and firm with a good picking scar and have a sweet flavor. Color is medium to dark blue.

REBEL is an early ripening highbush and has better berry size, plant vigor and is earlier than Star. It has highly favorable size, scar and vigor.

SOUTHERN BELLE  is a very large, firm berry with excellent packing and shipping qualities. Ripens starting a week after Star. Requires well-drained soil.

SUZIBLUE Released in 2008. It is expected to become a main season southern highbush variety for Georgia. Its productivity has been very good when compared to the industry standard Star and the recently released Rebel. Additionally, it has larger berry size and better fruit firmness than these two standards, although Rebel still has the advantage of earlier ripening fruit.

SWEETCRISP  is a highly vigorous bush with excellent field survival. Berry unusually firm, crisp and sweet. Berry medium to large, medium dark, with excellent scar and remarkable firmness.

STAR  The bush is strong, upright, survives well, and
is easy to prune. Berry is large, firm, has a good picking scar, and is excellent for long-distance shipping. Star can be harvested rapidly, because the berries are in loose clusters and ripen during a short period. Flavor and color are good. One of the most popular varieties in Florida and Georgia.

Rabbiteye Varieties

ALAPAHA are vigorous, upright with quite narrow crowns. They flower relatively late and produce consistent, high yields. Its berries are medium in size and have excellent firmness, color and flavor. Its small dry scars contribute to good shelf life. The outstanding characteristics include late flowering with early ripening and vigorous plants that produce high yields of excellent quality fruit.

AUSTIN  The Austin blueberry is a very early variety that is excellent for use as a cross pollinator with Climax. The fruit is also of good quality. Its production level is as high or even higher than Climax.

BRIGHTWELL  This blueberry is unsurpassed and considered among the top varieties in the world, which says it all. Brightwell ripens early mid-season, in between the production periods of Climax and Tifblue.

POWDER BLUE  is an excellent hybrid that in many respects is like Tifblue. The main difference is its attractive powdery blush. Powderblue is mid-season ripening and of excellent quality.

PREMIER  blueberry is large and early ripening, which makes it ideal for commercial markets that provide fresh blueberries early while wholesale prices are high.

VERNON is an early season rabbiteye with favorable fruit attributes large berry size, good yields and excellent plant vigor. Vernon flowers late but ripens early. Berries are large in size and have excellent firmness, color, flavor and dry scars which contribute to good shelf life.

OCHLOCKONEE is a late ripening rabbiteye with superior berry size. The berries are also high quality with excellent berry scar, color, firmness. The plant is also very vigorous and should be planted with other rabbiteyes that bloom at the same time, such as Brightwell and Powderblue.