New Blueberry Cultivar

[randy/ga]

Hey Everybody, Just heard about a new release from U.G.A. called "Krewer" coming out in 2016. Anyone else got any input on this new cultivar? Seems to be a large variety as a companion to "Titan" could be quite promising! Opinions?
Randy

[Gina]

I know nothing about it, but did find this article which might be of interest.

http://apps.caes.uga.edu/gafaces/?public=viewStory&pk_id=5347

[randy/ga]

Gina, Thought this would be a good way to bring attention to the new release....kinda stumbled upon it myself when researching "Titan". Looks very promising! Apparently it must be a suitable pollinator for "Titan" judging from the article. Love to get other opinions/input! Anyone else please feel free to chime in. Randy

[strudeldog]

I picked up a couple 1 gal Krewer and Titan recent, but all I have seen on Krewer is that one press note already posted, just released late 2014, so probably not much info besides that UGA info

[Harborseal]

Nice find! Where did you get them from?

[randy/ga]

I agree nice find! From reading the article my understanding was they were not available until 2016 or later. Where did you get them? Thanks, Randy

[strudeldog]

Just fruits and exotics my wife picked them up few weeks ago. I was there again couple days picked up some other things and they still have them driving back now

[strudeldog]

See indigocrisp post of recent think I posted pic

[Gina]

See indigocrisp post of recent think I posted pic

Yes, they do sell Krewer blueberry plants online. It's a rabbiteye.
http://www.justfruitsandexotics.com/...ueberry-plant/

[pppldj]

The Southern Region Small Fruit Consortium has a lot of articles on berries.
Here is one of their newsletters with a little about Krewer.

http://www.smallfruits.org/Newsletter/Vol15-Issue2.pdf

[strudeldog]

Looking at PPP's link in the other post http://www.smallfruits.org/Blueberri...2014report.pdf
sure sounds like T-1101 was introduced as Krewer

[Harborseal]

I got Krewer and Titan from JF&E last year. The plants were about 2' tall so I'm guessing this is their 3rd year. I picked my first Krewer today. It was very juicy and fairly sweet. It didn't have a lot of blueberry flavor but it's also very young. I liked it. The berries are bigger than Titan's.

Krewer - the smaller of the 2 I picked. The first disappeared too fast.







Titan - note the smaller and later ripening berries. None have been ready yet.

[CC 16148]

I don't know about Krewer or Titan, but my
Chandler's are coming on nicely again this year.
Large and Sweet.