I'm looking for blueberries that taste like blueberries. Most store-bought blueberries are a variety called Jersey. They're big and sweet, but typically very bland. Wild blueberries have actual flavor; some are as intense as artificial blueberry flavoring, but have more flavor notes. They're also a bit on the tart side, which works well with the little bit of sweetness they have. Traditionally, they're pie and jam berries, and one would add more sugar during preparation.
I don't need something quite that strong, but I do want the rich flavor. I'm struggling with it. I think I fixed the pH problem I had, but I think the summers have gotten too hot for the wild and semi-domesticated¹ blueberries I have to have good bud set. Buuut, the last few years haven't been typical weather, so we'll have to see. (One of my bushes is Jersey, to provide precious bodily fluids pollen to the others. Jersey always has good bud set, which means lots of flowers the next year.)
1: A couple of my bushes are hybrids between two wild types, one of which is resistant to a bunch of diseases. They're both wild, but it's not a natually-occurring hybrid because they're from different areas of the US.
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I don't need something quite that strong, but I do want the rich flavor. I'm struggling with it. I think I fixed the pH problem I had, but I think the summers have gotten too hot for the wild and semi-domesticated¹ blueberries I have to have good bud set. Buuut, the last few years haven't been typical weather, so we'll have to see. (One of my bushes is Jersey, to provide
precious bodily fluidspollen to the others. Jersey always has good bud set, which means lots of flowers the next year.)1: A couple of my bushes are hybrids between two wild types, one of which is resistant to a bunch of diseases. They're both wild, but it's not a natually-occurring hybrid because they're from different areas of the US.