Well like four or more years ago i bought four varieties of hapskap from what i swear was berries unlimited. They were all the older varieties that were late blooming and i cannot remember the names but blue velvet was one of them. Out of these four, two died and i need to find my legend to figure out which ones still lived.
Then about two years ago i bought the honeyberry USA Dr Thompson Keiko and kawaii and Beauty and Beast from the UoS. These have done good maybe i put them in too much shade? but they have been much happier. Beauty did not have super tart berries but it was its first year to produce and they were pretty good, The keiko and kawaii had very good berries and very tart. Mine are never very sweet i would have to get a brix meter but not more than 20 for sure.
Drew, that first tart bite is what i just love about blueberries, Everyonce in a while i will buy sweet blueberries from the grocery store and sometimes i just feed them to my dog they are so tasteless. Wish they would label varieties on those blueberry clamshells. I sadly get real confused when Im on the west coast because the weeds are wild bramble blackberries which some are just amazing and i get deluged with fresh fruit and amazing flowers. Since thats the main place i have eaten blueberries and most of the trees are old and all the fresh blueberries are just super tart and lightly to medium sweet. Those are my absolute favourite. What are your favourite varieties?
