Atlantic

Crop
Blueberry
Cultivar
Atlantic

Orig. in Whitesbog, N.J., by F.V. Coville, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1941. Jersey × Pioneer; cross made in 1925. <b>Fruit:</b> cluster loose; berry large; oblate; skin blue, attractive; flesh firm; aroma slight; flavor good; dessert quality medium; resistant to cracking; ripens late, just before Jersey. <b>Bush:</b> vigorous; open spreading; very productive; leaf large; subject to bacterial die back in Oregon and Washington.