Tropical Blue, Maverick and Gladiator among ‘standout’ varieties, company said
“Tropical Blue looks like the preferred variety to replace the significant areas of Snowchaser still widely grown for its earliness in many parts of Europe,” GPG said. “The fruit size, yield and flavour of Tropical Blue is a quantum leap ahead of Snowchaser offering growers and consumers a better alternative to the now-dated variety.”
The company noted that Maverick had also garnered positive feedback. It described the variety as evergreen, with very early and consistent fruit quality and delivering yields often exceeding 4.5kg per plant.
“Clients travelled from all corners of the globe to see this as we wanted to let the genetics do the talking… Maverick is shaping up to be one of the most interesting varieties to enter the blueberry sector, in years,” GPG continued.
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