BLUEBERRY

Blueberry emerged in the late 1990s as one of the classic hybrid indica varieties. It launched the entire range of Blue genetics popularized by the Dutch Passion seed bank in Amsterdam—with varieties including the extraordinary Blue Moonshine, Flo, Blue Velvet, and many others. Blueberry won the 2000 High Times Cannabis Cup.

The Blue family of cannabis varieties was originally developed and refined by DJ Short, an Oregon cannabis breeder who began working with Mexican and Thai landrace genetics in the 1970s. With its distinctly sweet, fruit aroma and only a hint of skunk, Blueberry put to rest the criticism that Afghan-dominant varieties could only produce coarse- and acrid-smelling cannabis.

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Today, great Blueberry is difficult to find, but it remains quite easy to recognize, since it smells very much like its namesake. One of the reasons that Blueberry is difficult to locate is a problem that plagues all contemporary cannabis breeding: maintaining stability of the genetic lines from seed. Creating a stable, true breeding variety is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive. Growing out a few thousand plants in order to make selections is not a discreet endeavor, and it places the breeder at considerable risk. After Oregon passed its medical marijuana law, DJ Short teamed up with his son to revisit the breeding efforts that produced the original Blueberry. Their hope was to resurrect the magic of the early DJ Short crosses. The result was Whitaker Blues, a variety that many consider equal to his original Blueberry.