Varieties Rabbiteyes’ are spring blooming, with flower appearance affected by chilling hours (# hours below 45 oF). The lowest chilling varieties typically bloom and set fruit early, and thus are at the greatest risk for crop injury from late spring frosts. Higher chilling varieties may yield poorly if grown in areas that are marginal for the needed chill hour accumulation. The harvest season extends from May through July in most locations. Growers desiring an ex-tended harvest should plant early, mid-season and late-ripening varieties.
Most rabbiteye blueberry varieties need a pol-lenizer variety for maximum fruit set. A few varieties are somewhat self-fruitful. When se-
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lecting pollenizers, identify those that bloom in the same part of the season as the main variety being grown. This insures reciprocal pollina-tion of each planted variety (Table 1).