Variety

Season

Fruit

Quality

Bush

Legacy

Late Season

Large

Light Blue

Excellent Flavour

Upright

Open Vigorous

Legacy is a late season variety. When it receives enough chill this variety gives high yields. Late flowering means it is suitable for cold frosty climates. Berries are medium to large and are highly regarded for both scaring and berry flavour. Legacy picks well.

Sharpeblue

Mid- Late

Medium

Self Pollinating

Excellent Flavour

Spreading

Vigorous

Sharpeblue has proved to be the most adaptive release. The bush is tough and vigorous, generally maintaining an evergreen appearance throughout the winter months if rust is controlled. It has grown well in both sandy soils and heavier loams. The fruit has a pleasant flavour that is tailored to the Australian market. The fruit has a wet scar, and is likely to become soft during very hot weather. Off season yields make it a valuable variety.

Misty

Mid

Large

Firm

Mid Sweet Flavour

Upright

Vigorous

The Misty variety is variable, on the red kraznozem soils of Northern NSW, it is very profitable and popular, yet on other soils it has often not grown well and is not a variety of popular choice. To produce high quality, early fruit, Misty is best grown under the evergreen system, it is especially important to pay attention to nutrition and leaf diseases in order to keep the older leaves. Misty is an early fruiting variety, with light blue, medium to large fruit of excellent flavour.

Biloxi

Mid

Medium

Very Firm

Excellent Flavour

Spreading

Vigorous

The variety Biloxi was developed as a pollinator for Misty, for early season areas. One of the parents of this variety is Sharpeblue. In early trial plantings on the North Coast, it has fruited well with large medium flavoured berries early. Fruit size drops off towards the end of the season. The fruit is light blue, with a mottled bloom appearance. It is of average flavour, with a medium scar and firm fruit. Biloxi has a habit of producing late spring flowering and a second harvest, during January and February.

OPI (Ridley1111)

Early

Medium

Sweet

Self-Pollinator

Upright

Vigorous

This variety is ideal for the commercial grower. In Northern NSW this variety is harvested from June until late August. Currently it is the earliest variety grown commecially in Australia. OPI has exceptional vigour and genuine evergreen nature has seen it established successfully across a variety of growing areas and soil conditions.

Trials have seen OPI perform as one of the toughest selctions grown commercially in Northern NSW Its compact habit produces a high yeild of medium to large, firm and juicy fruit. 

Rabbiteye Varieties

Powderblue

Very Late

Large

Firm

Mild Flavour

Upright

Vigorous

Powderblue is one the best late season blueberries varieties. Under most conditions it is known for its tough vigor. Powderblue produces high yields of evenly sized berries. The berries are quick to pick and resistant to splitting from rain. Powderblue is a recommended rabbiteye variety where a quality, late season berry is needed.

Britewell

Mid

Medium

Firm

Sweet Flavour

Upright

Vigorous

The Britewell is a vigorous and upright plant. This variety is known for producing good yields of medium-sized fruit. Berries are a light blue colour and, although a little gritty, very sweet in flavour. Britewell’s are hardy and well suited to Northern NSW. Plant with Powderblue.

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