Bunch of blueberries
Blueberries are flowering plants of the genus Vaccinium (a genus which also includes cranberries and bilberries) with dark-purple berries and are perennials. They are usually erect but sometimes prostrate shrubs varying in size from 10 centimetres (3.9 in) to 4 metres (160 in) tall. In commercial blueberry production, smaller species are known as “lowbush blueberries” (synonymous with “wild”) and the larger species, are known as “highbush blueberries”. The leaves can be either deciduous or evergreen and the flowers are bell-shaped, white, pale pink or red.
The fruit is a berry 5–16 millimetres (0.20–0.63 in) diameter and finally indigo when ripe. They have a sweet taste when mature, with variable acidity. Blueberry bushes typically bear fruit in the middle of the growing season; fruiting times are affected by local conditions such as altitude and latitude.
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