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In the early part of the 20th century, White offered pineland residents cash for wild blueberry plants with unusually large fruit. [14] After 1910 Coville began to work on blueberry, and was the first to discover the importance of soil acidity (blueberries need highly acidic soil), that blueberries do not self-pollinate, and the effects of cold ...
Vaccinium myrtilloides — velvetleaf blueberry; Vaccinium myrtillus — whortleberry; Vaccinium ovalifolium — oval-leaf huckleberry; Vaccinium ovatum — evergreen blueberry; Vaccinium oxycoccos — small cranberry; Vaccinium pallidum — early lowbush blueberry; Vaccinium parvifolium — red blueberry; Vaccinium scoparium — grouseberry
Vaccinium corymbosum is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.8–3.7 metres (6–12 ft) tall and wide. It is often found in dense thickets. The dark glossy green leaves are elliptical and up to 5 centimetres (2 in) long.
Georgia is well-known as the Peach State, but since 1949 plant breeders at UGA have been on a blue streak, bringing more than 50 blueberry varieties to market.
Vaccinium elliottii is a deciduous shrub 2–4 m (6 + 1 ⁄ 2 –13 ft) tall, with small, simple ovoid-acute leaves 15–30 mm (5 ⁄ 8 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 in) long with a finely serrated margin.
Blueberry picking is just beginning at Tallahassee's Jubilee Orchards, 12008 Miccosukee Road. The orchard opens again on May 1 and the cost is $10 per pound. The orchard opens again on May 1 and ...