[NAFEX] Blueberry Question

Stephen Sadler Docshiva at Docshiva.org
Tue Jun 12 19:17:30 EDT 2007


Some can grow to 15 feet if they're happy and not pruned back.  Interesting
to hear from Betsy about the complex taste of Centurion. I had thought about
commenting that rabbiteyes, although they cane hav very pleasant sweet/acid
ratios and some complexity, might not have the richness you could find
outside of the species.  But I don't have enough experience, and that would
have been too much conjecture.  There could well, I though, be a rich,
complex rabbiteye - even many - out there I just haven't tried.  Good to
hear of one.

~ Stephen

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Lucky Pittman
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 12:44 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Blueberry Question

At 02:01 PM 6/12/2007, Stephen wrote:

>I've grown both, too.  I think the sweetness, and all flavor
>characteristics, are more a function of variety than rabbiteye-vs-northern.
>Some growers could exclude rabbiteye because of their size

Good points.  I'd thought variety might have more bearing on 
flavor/sweetness than type.
Size might be a consideration for some folks - some of the rabbiteye 
types get pretty large; some of my dad's plants almost require a 
ladder to pick clusters in the top of the bush - some are easily 8+ 
ft tall and the clumps may well be 8-10 ft wide

Lucky





More information about the nafex mailing list