‘JUBILEE’, ‘MAGNOLIA’, AND ‘PEARL RIVER’ SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH BLUEBERRIES

‘Jubilee’, ‘Magnolia’, and ‘Pearl River’ are southern highbush blueberries released by the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) breeding program at Poplarville, MS. These cultivars should be grown in the coastal plains of the southeastern United States and each should be interplanted with other southern highbush cultivars to facilitate fruit production. ‘Jubilee’, ‘Magnolia’, and ‘Pearl River’ bloom about 5 to 12 days after and have ripe fruit 5–14 days before the earliest ripening rabbiteye cultivars, thus providing more protection from late-winter or early spring freeze damage while still providing early fruit for Southern U.S. growers.

VI International Symposium on Vaccinium Culture

James M. Spiers, C. L. Gupton, Arlen D. Draper

Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium darrowi, Vaccinium ashei, fruit breeding

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.446.22