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The rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium virgatum syn. V. ashei) is a southern type of blueberry produced from the Carolinas to the Gulf Coast states. Production of rabbiteye blueberries was a focus in Texas in the early 21st century. [17] Other important species in North America include V. pallidum, the hillside or dryland blueberry.
Wild blueberry: 1991 [47] State herb: Wintergreen: 1999 [48] State dessert: Blueberry pie made with wild Maine blueberries: 2011 [49] [50] State treat: Whoopie pie: 2011 [51] [50] State sweetener: Pure Maine maple syrup: 2015 [52] Maryland: State dessert: Smith Island Cake: 2008 [53] State drink Milk 1998 [54] State crustacean Blue crab: 1989 ...
Rank Country/Region Fruit production (tonnes) 1 People's Republic of China 242,793,824 2 India 105,971,127 3 Brazil 39,758,842 4 Turkey 24,153,128 5 Mexico 23,837,562
Vaccinium angustifolium, commonly known as the wild lowbush blueberry, is a species of blueberry native to eastern and central Canada and the northeastern United States. It is the most common commercially used wild blueberry and is considered the "low sweet" berry.
Fruit wines are commonly made out of other berries. In most cases, sugars must be added to the berry juices in the process of Chaptalization to increase the alcohol content of the wine. Examples of fruit wines made from berries include: elderberry wine, strawberry wine, blueberry wine, blackberry wine, redcurrant wine, huckleberry wine, goji ...
In botany, a berry is a fleshy fruit without a stone (pit) produced from a single flower containing one ovary. Berries so defined include grapes, currants, and tomatoes, as well as cucumbers, eggplants (aubergines), persimmons and bananas, but exclude certain fruits that meet the culinary definition of berries, such as strawberries and raspberries.
Vaccinium / v æ k ˈ s ɪ n i ə m / [3] is a common and widespread genus of shrubs or dwarf shrubs in the heath family (Ericaceae). The fruits of many species are eaten by humans and some are of commercial importance, including the cranberry, blueberry, bilberry (whortleberry), lingonberry (cowberry), and huckleberry.
Vaccinium myrtillus or European blueberry is a holarctic species of shrub with edible fruit of blue color, known by the common names bilberry, blaeberry, wimberry, and whortleberry. [3] It is more precisely called common bilberry or blue whortleberry to distinguish it from other Vaccinium relatives.