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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [nafex] If you had one blueberry bush... (Ginda Fisher)
  • Date: Fri, 8 May 2020 13:16:03 -0400



> On May 8, 2020, at 1:05 PM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
>
> Well, despite those comments, I’m going to ask again (more specifically)
>
> Anyone have experience with either Bluecrop or Reka? Based on availability
> from a good local nursery and on-line descriptions, those sound promising.
> I’m curious about differences in size, growth habit, productivity, and
> flavor of berries.
>
> Also, in happy news, I found some blueberries I planted a few years ago.
> They were very slow to establish and I’d forgotten about them. (They are on
> the edge of the property, and behind some scruffy bushes, so I don’t
> usually see them.) Little Giant and tag-lost. :) They are now nice-looking
> mature plants, covered with blossoms. I plan to net them after the blossoms
> drop. I assume the critters will find a way to eat the berries anyway, but
> who knows, maybe I will actually harvest some blueberries this year.

Lol — I looked on-line to learn why I might have selected “little giant”
(answer, because it has small fruits, somewhat like a wild blueberry) and
discovered that there’s a scam company of that name that advertises and sells
that cultivar. I did not do business with a mail-order blueberry company as
seen on TV. I ordered from Hartmann's, which isn’t my favorite nursery, but
was fine.

>
> Ginda
> Eastern MA, zone 6
>
>> On May 2, 2020, at 1:03 PM, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net> wrote:
>>
>> I second the site specificity. My favorite Rabbiteye variety in zone 7a,
>> NC is Centurion. Rich, jammy flavor at my site. I planted it again 15
>> miles down the road in 7b/8a and the flavor was nothing special once it
>> started fruiting. Different soil, sun, micro climate.
>>
>> Elizabeth Hilborn
>>
>> On 5/2/2020 10:08 AM, Rosholdt wrote:
>>> I have found that blueberry bushes are extremely site-sensitive. I like
>>> Legacy, but that is just me in central Piedmont.
>>>
>>> Zone 7a/6C, Barbara Rosholdt
>>>
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>> Bee Well Mobile Veterinary Services, PLLC
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