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| Trademark: | None |
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| Variety: | MegaEarly |
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| Breeder: | IQ Berries |
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| Licensor: | IQ Berries |
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| Type: | Blueberry - Southern highbush |
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| Bush: | Upright with moderate good growth and a medium-sized plant. Floricane & early primocane shoots. Higher plant density is recommended |
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| Fruit size: | 16-22 mm |
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| Mean weight: | 2,2 g |
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| Shape: | Round to oblate |
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| Bloom: | Stable, light blue |
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| Picking: | Productive picking due to long fruit stems. Small dry scar |
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| Resistance: | Good resistance to thrips |
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| Harvest: | Very early-season to mid-season: Western Cape: July to October, Limpopo: June to September, Zimbabwe: April to September. This variety has the potential to bear primocane fruit very early in the harvest season. Harvest time can be manipulated by pruning |
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| Timing: | Year-round (Tropical areas) & Early-season |
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| Chilling: | True no-chill type (-50h < 7.2°C). Evergreen type suitable for all climates. Also suitable for tropical regions. Do not plant this variety in very cold regions. The plant tends to go into a dormant period, with leaves turning red and fruit development gets delayed. Very cold winters will also reduce new primocane growth and fruit production, with the tendency to have a late growth of primocanes in spring and a flush of late flowers with fruiting in quick succession |
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| Storage: | Popular airfreight fruit due to early-season ripening. Cold storage trials have shown 6-8 weeks shelf life ability |
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| Namibia: | 20-42 |
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| Kenya: | 1-52 |
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| Zambia: | 1-52 |
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| Zimbabwe: | 14-40 |
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| North-West: | 18-40 |
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| Limpopo: | 20-42 |
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| Western Cape: | 27-48 |
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