Jersey Blueberry

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 -  Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Out of Date
Reviewed By: Al Rosenberg (Warwick, Rhode Island)
This variety is out of date and should be avoided. Production is mediocre and the bush gets readily overgrown and unmanageable.

 -  Thursday, March 15, 2007
One of the ‘classic’ blueberry varieties
Reviewed By: B. Everitt (Fremont, California)
My Jersey blueberry will soon be two years old (since I received it from Gurney’s). While it still may be one or two more years until blueberry production fully kicks in, the plant is doing very well, and so I will give it four stars. Jersey has historical value. While the more modern blueberry varieties have complex ancestry, being crossed and hybridized many times over, Jersey (released in 1928) is one of the first-generation crosses between two wild highbush plants. Jersey’s parents are Rubel (also sold here) and another wild selection named Grover. The two were cross pollinated in 1916. The Jersey blueberry was one of the resulting seedlings to come from this cross. While Jersey may be considered obsolete to some, for me it’s interesting to own a piece of blueberry history.

 -  Friday, May 25, 2007
Leaves fall off
Reviewed By: Paul Rutter (State College, PA)
I have had terrible luck with this blueberry plant type. The leaves fell off half of my plants after receiving them from Gurneys, leaving stalks that aren't doing much of anything. Without leaves no photosynthesis can happen. The plants do not seem energetic or hardy-almost lifeless. I'd avoid the seedlings from Gurneys and find more mature product that is stronger with a will to live.


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