Here's the Pink Lemonade. One of my wholesalers is promoting it.
http://www.pinklemonade-bluebe... I think the birds will find them just as enticing. It would just be a novelty, I think, although it does sound tasty.
It even has a Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/pinkbl...
A little more info about Pink Lemonade from a Briggs Nursery press release:
"Vaccinium ‘Pink Lemonade’, a hexaploid highbush, is the first pink blueberry to hit the market. With mid-late to late-season ripening, moderate yields, medium-sized, glossy fruit, bright pink fruit-color, and mild, pleasant flavor and good firmness, this is a real winner! The bush of ‘Pink Lemonade’ is vigorous, upright and full (1.5 m high X 1.6 m wide). Leaves are glossy green and lanceolate, with a serrated leaf margins. Leaf surface texture is smooth, very similar to that of V. ashei. Wintertime twigs are dusky reddish-brown in color. The ideal area of adaptation of ‘Pink Lemonade’ is unknown, but its background suggests that it might perform equally well, or better, in milder climates, including areas where rabbiteye cultivars can be grown. Because of the inherent self-fertility problems of rabbiteye germplasm, it is recommended that another rabbiteye cultivar be planted with ‘Pink Lemonade’ to ensure good cross-pollination. In some southerly locales, the cultivar Florida Rose, a pink-fruited cultivar recently released by the University of Florida, may be suitable for this purpose. USDA Zone 4. "
My biggest problem with the blueberries is the wild turkeys. I keep the birds from eating from the top, but those turkeys get underneath and right in there.
We have a choke cherry tree, and each year, just one day, it must hit that certain ripeness, and the robins come in a strip it down completely. It's a sight.
