 CAMELLIA IS A SOUTHERN HIGHBUSH VARIETY |
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CAMELLIA is an early-to-mid season southern highbush blueberry jointly released by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations, and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. Tested as TH-621, Camellia was selected in 1996 at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station in Tifton GA from a cross of MS-122 X MS-6 made by the USDA. Camellia has been tested in plantings at Alapaha GA since 1998. |
The variety has highly favorable attributes, especially fruit color, size and plant vigor. Similar to other early season southern highbush varieties, Camellia will have chill hour requirements in the range of 400 to 450 hours. One of the more outstanding characteristics of Camellia is its high degree of plant vigor as compared to many other southern highbush cultivars, both with and without pine bark mulch. Plant survivability in the first three years was 100%, whereas several tested selections had significant plant loss. A large berry size and strong blue fruit color make this selection desirable for marketing. |
CAMELLIA 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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