Blueberry plant named ‘Heintooga’
AssigneeNorth Carolina State University
InventorsJames R. Ballington, William T. Bland
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Abstract
‘Heintooga’ is a new and distinct variety of blueberry plant that has the following unique combination of desirable features outstanding in a new variety. Heinetooga has slightly less than one fully developed seed per berry so that the fruit should be perceived as seedless by most consumers. Heinetooga has a medium to large fruit size with very good fruit color, picking scar and flavor. The fruit firmness of Heinetooga is moderately good to good and post harvest shelf-life is good so the fruit is suitable for shipping. Further, Heinetooga has broad soil adaptation.
Claims1
A new and distinct variety of commercial blueberry plant (pentaploid trispecies Vaccinium hybrid) substantially as illustrated and described, characterized by its late midseason to late season ripening, medium to large size fruit with good color, picking scar and flavor, moderately good to good firmness and good postharvest shelf-life making it suitable for long distance shipping, and averaging slightly less than one fully developed seed per berry so that the fruit should be perceived as seedless by most consumers.
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