Overview
The blueberry variety you select for your garden will depend on where you live in California. Most nurseries make it a point to carry cultivars that have been tested and do well in your area. Blueberry cultivars are listed below in order of ripening.
- Early Blue. Berries medium-sized, loose clustered, light blue, firm, resistant to cracking, good sweet flavor; vigorous, erect, productive; very susceptible to root rot.
- Duke. Berries medium-sized, light blue, firm, good flavor; vigorous, erect, open, productive; one of the main commercial varieties.
- Reka. Berries mild-flavored; rapid growing, highly productive.
- Spartan. Berries very large, light blue, firm, excellent flavor; vigorous, erect, open, productive.
- Patriot. Berries very large, slightly flat, medium blue, excellent flavor; vigorous, moderately erect, open, very productive; tolerates heavier, wetter soils.
- Collins. Berries large, light blue, firm, excellent flavor; medium-sized, slightly spreading, productive.
- O'Neal. Berries large with excellent color and flavor. Spreading bush with low chilling requirement.
- Misty. Berries medium large, excellent quality. Evergreen foliage, very low chilling requirement.
- Bladen. Berries medium sized, light blue, vigorous upright growth, low chilling requirement.
- Blue Ray. Berries very large, light blue, firm, excellent flavor; vigorous, erect, open, productive.
- Chandler. Berries extremely large, excellent flavor; moderate vigor.
- Blue Crop. Berries very large, light blue, firm, good flavor; vigorous, erect, open, very productive (tends to overproduce); one of the main commercial cultivars.
- Berkeley. Berries very large, light blue, firm, mild flavor and mild acidity; vigorous, open, spreading, very productive.
- Nelson. Berries very large, excellent flavor; vigorous, high yielding.
- Darrow. Berries medium-sized, light blue, firm, excellent flavored; vigorous, erect, consistently productive.
- Late Blue. Berries large, firm, good flavor; vigorous, erect, productive.
- Elliott. Berries medium-sized, mild flavor, tart; vigorous, erect, consistently productive.
- Southmoon.
- Reveille.
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