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[Amelia Hayner <abhayner@gmail.com>]

Well! thank you very much!

If you are posting too much... guess who is egging you on?

I have been convinced for a long time that some of the best fruit varieties around were the non-commercial "rejects" from university breeding programs.

one of my favorite apples of all time is Centennial- love that crisp/tart fall taste in the middle of the summer, hard as little rocks, but very sweet.

another hit to the old pocketbook, gotta have a Ka-Bluey now.

Amy

On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Melissa Kacalanos <mijwiz@yahoo.com> wrote:

'Ka-Bluey' was discussed here before. So at risk of boring those who've read it already, here it is again.

Someone early in blueberry breeding surveyed consumers about what blueberries they found most appealing, and pale was much preferred to dark. This has determined the course of blueberry breeding ever since.

Sorry if I've been posting too much recently, but when I'm not feeling well, I websurf and post to NAFEX.

Melissa


--- On Wed, 8/25/10, Brungardt, Sam (MPCA) <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us> wrote:

From: Brungardt, Sam (MPCA) <Sam.Brungardt@state.mn.us>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 2:10 PM

This is the reply I received today from Dr. John Clark of the University of Arkansas when I asked him about Ka-bluey:

 

“Ka bluey is a Univ of Ark selection licensed exclusively to Gardens Alive! which is the owner of the mail order catalogs you mention.

 

“This selection was not released or tested as an advanced selection due to having darker fruit than I thought commercially acceptable and size was medium to med small later in the season.  The flavor is very good in my opinion but would not do to encourage commercial use.  Ed thought it a good candidate for mail order and this allows it to be used for home gardens but not by error be planted”

 

 

From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Ed Fackler
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 10:56 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Ka-Bluey blueberry

 

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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