Talk:Blueberry
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Perhaps other blueberries native to the Americas such as Sparkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum), Vaccinium constablaei, Darrow's Evergreen Blueberry, Highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), Rabbiteye blueberry (Vaccinium ashei), Lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) should be mentioned? The article mentions US blueberries, but doesn't specify the species. // Liftarn
Where do blueberries grow? Temperate zones? Subarctic? When is blueberrry season?
- Different species from subarctic to warm temperate North America - MPF 01:53, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
What about the european blueberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)?
OK, I added some info on species (and probably will do some more later). I am unfamiliar with Darrow's. Somebody else will have to do European blueberries.... Pollinator 13:27, 14 Oct 2003 (UTC)
- No European species are called "blueberry" - MPF 01:53, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Aren't blueberry and Vaccinium the same articles? Especially the swedish link may be wrong! 82.82.127.8 23:04, 13 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- I wish Wikipedia would standardize on using the scientific names of plant species, with redirects from the common names. But it seems that a lot, probaby the majority, use the common names as the main page, so it's a hodgepodge right now. What Swedish link? Pollinator 19:07, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- The swedish link is on blueberry. No, Vaccinium and blueberry are not the same. Vaccinium includes many species which would never be called blueberry (such as the cranberry). Certainly settling on scientific names would be good, although redirects would not solve all the problems either. A combination of redirects and slightly enlarged disambiguation pages would probably do it. WormRunner 18:50, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- I guess I'm thick here, but I still don't "get" the "swedish connection." The info is mostly about North America. I wish there were more info on Wikipedia on this and other crops from elsewhere in the world. Pollinator 19:16, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- The swedish link is on blueberry. No, Vaccinium and blueberry are not the same. Vaccinium includes many species which would never be called blueberry (such as the cranberry). Certainly settling on scientific names would be good, although redirects would not solve all the problems either. A combination of redirects and slightly enlarged disambiguation pages would probably do it. WormRunner 18:50, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
User:82.82.127.8 seems to have been talking about the "Other languages: Svenska" link to Vaccinium myrtilus, but as far as I can see, that seems to be a decent link for blueberry and not for Vaccinium. I agree about the non-american crops! WormRunner 19:46, 14 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Have done a fair bit of editing on blueberry, cranberry and cowberry - MPF 01:53, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)
No blueberries in Europe?
So we don't have blueberries in Europe? What should we call them then? They sure are blue. Brutulf 15:20, Mar 17, 2005 (UTC)
what is the chemical formula of blueberries?
Martian blueberries are made of hematite, chemical formula Fe2O3 technopilgrim 01:17, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
