Blueberry plant named ‘Magna’

Abstract

A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers and forms fruit that ripens at mid-season. The attractive large light blue berries exhibit a strong acid flavor at harvest becoming sweeter a few days following harvest and which possess a very good post-harvest shelf life. The plant requires cross-pollination for abundant fruit production. The growth habit is vase-shaped and the foliage is evergreen. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited. The plant grows well in a dry climate in well-drained sandy soils.

1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics:
 (a) flowers and forms fruit at mid-season, 
 (b) displays a vase-shaped growth habit with evergreen foliage, 
 (c) requires cross-pollination for abundant fruit production, 
 (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and 
 (e) forms in abundance attractive large light blue berries that exhibit a strong acid flavor at harvest becoming sweeter a few days following harvest and which possess a very good post-harvest shelf life; 
 
     substantially as herein shown and described.