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  • From: Ed Fackler <ed.fackler@gmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry
  • Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:56:03 -0400

The breeder kept it due to its complex flavor.  Ka-Bluey had some (unknown to me...likely stem scar) characteristic which made it commercially unacceptable.

And no it was not released under another name.

ed

On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'd dismissed the catalog description as the usual catalog hyperbole too. It's interesting to read that it might actually be true.

The only info I can find about this variety is from Gurneys/Henry Fields. Was it originally released under a different name?

I don't understand why the breeder "kept it strictly for hybridizing purposes" if the flavor is so great.

Melissa

--- On Sun, 8/22/10, Ed Fackler <ed.fackler@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Ed Fackler <ed.fackler@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry

To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Sunday, August 22, 2010, 10:54 AM

Mark:

     It was released from U. Ark.  Actually my wife discovered it when we visited Clarksville in 2003 or 2004.  The breeder John Clark kept it strictly for hybridizing purposes as it possesses a complex sweet flavor which has slight peach-like characteristics.  Personally I've not been able to pick up this peach flavor, but it is complex and is the finest flavored blueberry I've ever eaten.  It also is amongst the earliest to mature (June 1-15 here in S. Indiana).

     Hope this helps.

ed

On Sun, Aug 22, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Mark Angermayer <hangermayer@isp.com> wrote:
Ka-Bluey blueberry:

Has anyone tried this blueberry sold by the Gurneys/Henry Fields
conglomerate?  I'm wondering if it's just a common cultivar they slapped a
fancy name on.  However, I see that its got Ed Fackler's endorsement as the
best blueberry he's ever tasted.

Mark Angermayer
KS



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