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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

> 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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