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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.
Wild blueberry: 1991 [50] State herb: Wintergreen: 1999 [51] State dessert: Blueberry pie made with wild Maine blueberries: 2011 [52] [53] State treat: Whoopie pie: 2011 [54] [53] State sweetener: Pure Maine maple syrup: 2015 [55] Maryland: State dessert: Smith Island Cake: 2008 [56] State drink Milk 1998 [57] State crustacean Blue crab: 1989 ...
A few blueberries ripen at Craggy Flats Bald off the Blue Ridge Parkway on Aug. 19, 2020. People are allowed to pick up to 1 gallon per person per day of berries, for personal consumption only.
Maine is the only state with a commercial wild blueberry industry, where growers harvested 105 million pounds in 2021. [76] Wild blueberries are a common ingredient or garnish, and blueberry pie is the official state dessert (when made with wild Maine blueberries). Wild blueberry pancakes, muffins, doughnuts and ice cream are popular in Maine.
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.
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Maine is known for its wild blueberries, [27] but the state's lowbush (wild) and highbush blueberries combined account for 10% of all blueberries grown in North America. Some 44,000 hectares (110,000 acres) are farmed, but only half of this acreage is harvested each year due to variations in pruning practices. [ 28 ]
Vaccinium meridionale, agraz or Andean blueberry, is a species in the section Pyxothamnus of the genus Vaccinium, in the heath and heather family.It is found in the mountains of Peru, and may have been introduced to Jamaica.