highbush blueberry
noun
: a variable moisture-loving North American shrub (Vaccinium corymbosum) that is the source of most cultivated blueberries
also
: its fruit
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But commercial growers around the world are increasingly planting highbush blueberries year-round, crowding the market.
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Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
So began the great blueberry boom: By the 1960s, highbush blueberries were grown in 13 states.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2023
Shrubs planted included speckled alder, service berry, sweet pepperbush, elderberry, highbush blueberry, and bayberry, and varieties of holly, dogwood, and choke cherry among others.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
Southern highbush blueberry varieties, such as Cooper, Gulfcrest, Blue Ridge and Cape Fear, may also be planted.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2021
But one highbush blueberry can only successfully cross with a small handful of other blueberry species.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2020
In the 1850s, Thoreau charted when Walden Pond’s highbush blueberry first flowered.
—Washington Post, 19 June 2018
The dramatic change is happening right in front of us.’’
In the 1850s, Thoreau charted when Walden Pond’s highbush blueberry first flowered.
—Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
Set lowbush blueberries two feet apart, highbush blueberries six feet apart, and rabbiteyes fifteen feet apart.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2017
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Kate Olson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2024
So began the great blueberry boom: By the 1960s, highbush blueberries were grown in 13 states.
—Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2023
Shrubs planted included speckled alder, service berry, sweet pepperbush, elderberry, highbush blueberry, and bayberry, and varieties of holly, dogwood, and choke cherry among others.
—BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2021
Southern highbush blueberry varieties, such as Cooper, Gulfcrest, Blue Ridge and Cape Fear, may also be planted.
—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 3 Feb. 2021
But one highbush blueberry can only successfully cross with a small handful of other blueberry species.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 20 June 2020
In the 1850s, Thoreau charted when Walden Pond’s highbush blueberry first flowered.
—Washington Post, 19 June 2018
The dramatic change is happening right in front of us.’’
In the 1850s, Thoreau charted when Walden Pond’s highbush blueberry first flowered.
—Seth Borenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
Set lowbush blueberries two feet apart, highbush blueberries six feet apart, and rabbiteyes fifteen feet apart.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2017
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