I grow Northerns, but have limited experience. So many are out there. I wanted an early I saw Spartan mentioned the most so added it. this will be the first year fruiting so no real comment yet.
Liberty is a good producer, berries are tart till fully ripe, has a long hang time. They are blue, but not ripe yet. Not a bad berry, firm, very good I would rate it. Toro has loads of sugar and even unripe berries are sweet.Flavor is excellent, It has no firmness though. Chandler produces huge berries and they are very good too. Decent firmness. Moderate producer. Large plant that produces better with pruning by producing new fruiting wood. Legacy is one of those that has Southern in it too. But it has super hardy flower buds. taste is excellent. Biggest problem is they ripen over time and when blue needs 4 or more days so hard to tell which berries are ripe and which need more time. Good firmness.
Cara’s Choice, best flavor of all for me, but just by a touch.Good firmness. Small compact plant, moderate producer. moderate vigor. Still a winner.
I added a few like Raz and Pink Popcorn, although they are too new to give a review.
None of these are early mid to late season. Chandler produces for a long time. the latest are Cara’s and Legacy. I like them all for various reasons. I’m sure many other decent plants are out there too. I heard Bonus is a good one too, although taste and such are very subjective. I also grow two Southern Highbush. Sweetcrisp and Indigocrisp. Oh Ka-Bluey was given to me by a friend who almost killed it, i got it growing again. I have not tasted any berries yet.
I heard bluecrop is a fairly good berry it is a huge producer from accounts I read, which is always nice even if berry is good but not great, it’s still a blueberry! If I had more room as they are all moderate producers, i would look at the wild types (huckleberries and such), and half -highs too.
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