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ALAPAHA
IS A GEORGIA RIVER SERIES |
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ALAPAHA is named for the Alapaha river, which is located in southern Georgia. Plants of Alapaha are vigorous, upright with quite narrow crowns, flower relatively late, and produce consistent high yields. Its berries are medium in size and have excellent firmness, color and flavor. Its small dry scars contribute to good shelf life. Alapaha fruit ripens quickly, beginning about the same time as the Climax cultivar. Alapaha is recommended as an early ripening cultivar to replace Climax wherever rabbiteye blueberries are grown |
successfully. In fact, during a four year study in Alapaha GA and Clarksville AR, productivity of Alapaha substantially exceeded that of Climax every year. Preliminary observations indicate that Alapaha’s chilling requirement is about 450 hours below 45 degrees F. It is recommended that Alapaha be planted with other rabbiteye blueberry cultivars with similar time of bloom, such as Austin and Premier. The outstanding characteristics of Alapaha include late flowering with early ripening and vigorous plants that produce high yields of excellent quality fruit. |
Alapaha was
developed by D. Scott NeSmith and is a joint release by
the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences and USDA/ARS. It is a protected
blueberry variety that can only be sold by individuals
licensed by the Georgia Seed Development Commission
(GSDC) under guidelines established in conjunction with
the University of Georgia Research Foundation (UGARF). |
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