To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Blueberry Question
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 16:17:30 -0700
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
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@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