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Plant characteristics include:

• Upright,
• Vigorous,
• Productive plants.
• Medium-sized fruit with: good color, flavor, firmness, and small picking scar.
• Ripens early May.

Reference:

Braswell, John. Fruit and Nut Review: Blueberries. Mississippi State University Cooperative Extension Service. 2008. Retrieved 04 March …

Star is a Southern highbush blueberry.

• Fruit is large and easy to harvest because of a concentrated ripening period.
• Fruit has excellent scar, firmness, good color, and good flavor.
• The plant leafs strongly before the first flowers open.
• Recommended pollinator

Ozarkblue is a Southern highbush blueberry.

• Exceptional yields with good fruit size and quality.
• Recommended for planting in the upper part of the South because it requires a period of 800 to 1,000 chill hours.
• Ozarkblue has consistently fruited in

O’Neal blueberry is a Southern highbush blueberry variety.

• Ripens early.
• large, high-quality fruit of medium blue color with good picking scar and flavor.
• Bloom often begins in the fall and continues during warm periods until normal bloom time.
• Ripens late

• Blooms and ripens about the same time as Biloxi.
• Berries are light in color with a good scar and firmness.
• Plants are vigorous and upright.
• Ripens late April.
• Use Biloxi as pollinator.

Reference:

Brasell, John, Freddie Rasberry and John Davis. …

• Medium-sized, productive, vigorous plants with a spreading growth habit.
• Medium-sized fruit with good flavor, color, firmness, and small picking scar.
• Ripens early May.

Reference:

Braswell, John, Freddie Rasberry and John Davis. Fruit and Nut Review: Blueberries. Mississippi State University …