Earliblue

Crop
Blueberry
Cultivar
Earliblue

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. Stanley × Weymouth; cross made in 1936 by Coville and Freeman; seedling raised in Weymouth, and selection made in 1943 by J.H. Clarke (then of the New Jersey station), E.M. Meader (New Hampshire Agr. Expt. Sta.), and George M. Darrow (USDA); tested as US 15-121. <b>Fruit:</b> duster size medium, loose; berries large, oblate; skin light blue; flesh very firm, subacid, flavor good, resistant to cracking, moderately aromatic, dessert quality good; scar good; season very early with or before Weymouth. <b>Bush:</b> hardy; upright; vigorous; well-shaped; productive; a fine early variety for Maryland northward.