Rebel Blueberry Plant Information (U.S. Plant Patent Pending)

The University of Georgia Blueberry Breeding Program is aggressively developing new cultivars for use by commercial growers, small pick-your-own operations and home gardeners. The goals are to provide well adapted plants with high quality fruit for the Southeastern U.S. that ripen over an extended period. The program has been in existence for several decades, and this long term effort has led to great improvement of the plant material that is available. Many blueberry varieties on the market today are older selections, however, in the past few years newer varieties with superior performance have been developed. Most new releases are rabbiteye blueberry varieties, which occupy the most acreage in the Southeast. However, some newer southern highbush blueberry varieties are also being developed. The following is a brief description of new blueberry varieties that have been released, or that soon will be released, by Dr. Scott NeSmith since he has taken over the UGA Blueberry Breeding Program in 1998

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