Blueberry plant named ‘Carmen’

Abstract

A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers early and forms fruit that ripens early. The attractive light blue firm berries exhibit an excellent fruity flavor, are easy to pick, and display a substantial post-harvest shelf life. The plant is self-fertile, and displays a strong generally round to vase-shaped growth habit with foliage that is partially retained during the winter. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.

1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics:
 (a) flowers early and forms fruit that ripens early, 
 (b) displays a strong generally round to vase-shaped growth habit with attractive foliage that is partially retained during the winter, 
 (c) is self-fertile, 
 (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and 
 (e) forms in abundance early in the season attractive light blue firm berries that exhibit an excellent fruity flavor, are easy to pick, and display a substantial post-harvest shelf life; 
 
     substantially as herein shown and described.