Blueberry plant named ‘Romero’

Abstract

A new and distinct Blueberry cultivar is provided that is the product of a controlled breeding program followed by selection. The cultivar flowers very early and forms fruit that ripens very early. The attractive dark blue berries exhibit a pleasant acid flavor and commonly are amenable to harvest without stem retention. The plant is self-fertile, is an excellent pollen producer, and displays a strong and vigorous generally upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage. A low chilling requirement is also exhibited.

1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics:
 (a) flowers very early and forms fruit that ripens very early, 
 (b) displays a strong and vigorous upright growth habit with attractive evergreen foliage, 
 (c) is self-fertile, and is an excellent pollen producer, 
 (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and 
 (e) forms in abundance attractive dark blue berries that exhibit a pleasant acid flavor which commonly are amenable to harvest without stem retention; 
 
     substantially as herein shown and described.