Late Season Fresh Market Blueberry Production

A New Alternative Crop for California

Mark Gaskell, Ph.D.
Farm Advisor
UC Cooperative Extension
San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties

Table 1

Table 1. Total cummulative yield from initial harvest (third-year) Southern highbush blueberry cultivars. Cayucos, CA. 2000.

CULTIVAR lb. / plant  Cape Fear 1.64  Georgia Gem 2.37  Gulf Coast 4.24  Marimba 2.51  Misty 1.00  Sharpblue 6.64