Blueberry plant named ‘Altair’
AssigneeRoyal Berries S.L.
InventorsAntonio Abad Álamo, José Ulf Hayler López, Paul M. Lyrene
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Abstract
A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers and forms fruit that ripens over a wide early-to-mid season. The attractive light blue berries exhibit a pleasant sweet flavor and are readily amenable to harvest. Such berries also exhibit a good post-harvest shelf life. The plant is self-fertile, and displays a generally rounded growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.
Claims1
A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possesses the following combination of characteristics:
- (a) flowers and forms fruit that ripens over a wide early-to-mid season,
- (b) displays a generally rounded growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage,
- (c) is self-fertile,
- (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and
- (e) forms in abundance attractive light blue substantially round and firm berries that exhibit a pleasant sweet flavor which commonly are readily amenable to harvest and display a good post-harvest shelf life;
- substantially as herein shown and described.
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