Jewel

A lowchill southern highbush blueberry with a large berry. <b>Origin:</b> from a cross made at the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station in 1986. Seedling selected in Gainesville, Fla., in 1988 and released in 1999. Tested as FL 92-176. USPP 11807. <b>Fruit:</b> large, medium blue with good scar and firmness. Berry tart when first blue, becoming sweeter and less tart if allowed to remain on the bush for several days after color break. Early ripening; ripens ≈1 week before Sharpblue in north Florida. <b>Plant:</b> vigorous, somewhat spreading. Chilling requirement similar to Sharpblue, 200–300 h. Flowers ≈1 week before Sharpblue in Gainesville. Somewhat susceptible to stem blight and phytophthora root rot.