Blueberry





Common name: Blueberry
Botanical name: Vaccinium corymbosum
Family: Ericaceae
Origin: North America
Avg. Height X Width: 6’ X 4’
Season: March-May
Damage temp: 0 F (-18 C)

Description

Plants of all are woody shrubs, varying from 2 to 3 feet in the lowbush to 10 or more feet in the highbush and rabbiteye, but in cultivation held to 5 to 6 feet by pruning. Fruit is smooth skinned with a waxy coating or bloom. Individual berries are borne in clusters, are round to oblate in shape. Size up to 0.75 inch diameter in cultivated varieties; 0.25 to 0.5 inch in natives. 

Season, bloom to harvest: 2 to 4 months.

Production in U.S.: About 27,000 tons.

Use: Fresh, frozen, canned, jam, culinary.

Part of fruit consumed: All.