Here you can see the different shades of leaf color. The different shades of green can represent different clones which in turn can mean variations in the fruits shape, size, color, taste and abundance. The uniqueness of each clones tastes results in a pleasant explosion for the taste buds.
Another clone that shows incomplete pollination or the clones inability to sustain all the fruit that may have been pollinated. If you zoom in on the pictures you will see the small undeveloped berry.
Sting is used to section off the field for hand rakers. Each rakers is assigned a "row" which they are responsible to rake all the berries.
Pink with a blush of blue . These berries are large and juicy. This clone is the only one of its kind in our field. It has a average yield of 50 pounds every other year. We use it for baking pancakes, muffins, etc. They are not the best choice for pies, they are too watery
Shades of silver blue
Silver blue with a tint of red. The red color are berries that did not mature because of lack of pollination or the stem/clone could not support any more fruit.
The 2016 crop has been harvested and processed using IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) techniques. The fruit was healthy and plentiful.
There are many characteristics about wild blueberries. Some wild blueberries are pear shaped, some are grape shape, some are sky blue, some are dark blue, some are black, some are pink. Each wild blueberry clone has a uniqueness in flavor. Whatever size, shape or color each handful is an explosion of wild wonderful tastes.
Here are some pictures of different wild blueberry clones (patches).
After harvest and the first frost occurs prunning will begin in the form of flail mowing on smooth rockless field while the rocky bumpy fields will be pruned by burning machines and then undergo rock removal and leveling (if affordable). The pictures below show the some of the fields undergoing rock removal and leveling.
Rocks are plentiful in most wild blueberry fields. Rocks can be removed in order for the field to be raked by machines.