World's heaviest blueberry grown in Australia

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[Bratch]

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My guess is he represents the blueberry — or maybe the grape — guild ...

[mware]

Happen to live in the town of Hammonton, NJ, blueberry capital of the world.Grew up pickin, and packing them most of my life (so far). Best tasting and largest variety is the Elizabeth, Blue Ray, and Blue Crop. Unfortunately the first two do not travel well. To get the best you need to get them right off the bush.

[Valpal1]

It was over selection for longer storage for supermarkets that doomed them. Then Fuji and HoneyCrisp came along.

I’ve always wondered what the pre supermarket era Red Delicious tasted like. I wonder if anyone has any of the original cultivars on an old farm somewhere.

[who knows what evil?]

Used to pick Blue Ray’s in the soviet fiefdom of Red Hampshire (spit)...the berries were awesome1

[mware]

I saw a thread a couple weeks ago of a lemon that was still intact selling at an antique auctionIn the hundred thousands of dollars. Said to be over 2000 years old. My guess was whoever was going to buy it was going to attempt to germinate the seeds. Talk about heirloom.

[Fresh Wind]

You are exactly right. I have tried quarter-sized blueberries and they have no flavor at all.

[mware]

My mom loved that variety. My favorite is Elizabeths. My friend who has a farm kept a small field of them just for personal use. They are useless for selling at market because they only last about three days.

[31R1O]

Almost always the case with carrots and strawberries

[GaltAdonis]

"To get the best you need to get them right off the bush..."

And before the mockingbirds get them!

Decades ago my father grew bluberries in Winslow, Camden county, NJ.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

The best nutrients are in the skin. Costco sells Wynman’s frozen blueberries which purport to have double the antioxidants. They are a bit smaller than peas. This gigantic one has hardly any beneficial nutrients at all.

[Jeff Chandler]

Blueberry or blue berry?

[Jamestown1630]

OK, somebody explain to me the difference between blueberries and huckleberries.

My grandmother always called what I now understand to be Blueberry Pie a ‘Huckleberry’ pie. I don’t know where she ever ate a huckleberry, spending all of her life in the Midatlantic; but maybe she learned it from her husband, who had been all over the country...???

[Red Badger]

Huckleberries are small and gritty with seeds. They are similar colored but taste very different..........

[Red Badger]

https://www.eattheweeds.com/gaylussacia-huckleberry-history-2/

[Jamestown1630]

Thanks :-)

I think I’ll always call it ‘Huckleberry’, just because that’s what I grew up thinking.