Blueberry plant named ‘Altair’

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 over a wide early-to-mid season. The attractive light blue berries exhibit a pleasant sweet flavor and are readily amenable to harvest. Such berries also exhibit a good post-harvest shelf life. The plant is self-fertile, and displays a generally rounded growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.

1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possesses the following combination of characteristics:
 (a) flowers and forms fruit that ripens over a wide early-to-mid season, 
 (b) displays a generally rounded growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage, 
 (c) is self-fertile, 
 (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and 
 (e) forms in abundance attractive light blue substantially round and firm berries that exhibit a pleasant sweet flavor which commonly are readily amenable to harvest and display a good post-harvest shelf life; 
 
     substantially as herein shown and described.