Bluecrop

Crop
Blueberry
Cultivar
Bluecrop

Orig. in Weymouth, N.J., by F.V. Coville and O.M. Freeman, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) and the New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1952. GM-37 Gersey × Pioneer) × CU-5 (Stanley × June); cross made in 1934 by Coville and Freeman; seedling raised in Weymouth, N.J.; selected in 1941 by J.H. Clarke (then of the New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta.) and George M. Darrow, USDA; tested as N.J. 17-19. <b>Fruit:</b> cluster large, medium loose; berries roundish-oblate; skin very light blue; flesh very firm; subacid, flavor good; resistant to cracking; dessert quality above medium; moderately aromatic; scar small; ripens rnidseason, about 4 days before Berkeley; stem sometimes clings to berry. <b>Bush:</b> upright; spreading; vigorous; leaf size medium to below medium; very consistent producer; hardy; drought resistant. For many years, the world's most important blueberry cultivar.