Blueberry plant named ‘Celeste’

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 fruits at mid-season. Attractive light blue berries are formed which exhibit an excellent aromatic sweet flavor and a very good post-harvest shelf life. The plant is self-fertile, and displays a very vigorous vase-shaped growth habit with evergreen foliage. No cross pollination is required. A low chilling requirement also is exhibited. No special sensitivity to common blueberry diseases has been encountered during observations to date. The new cultivar has proven to be adaptable to growing in different soil types.

1. A new and distinct Blueberry plant that possess the following combination of characteristics:
 (a) flowers and fruits at mid-season, 
 (b) displays a generally very vigorous vase-shaped growth habit with evergreen foliage, 
 (c) is self-fertile, 
 (d) displays a low chilling requirement, and 
 (e) forms in abundance attractive light blue berries that exhibit an excellent aromatic sweet flavor and a very good post-harvest shelf life; 
 
     substantially as herein shown and described.