Abstract
SummaryThe Montana blue huckleberry (Vaccinium globulare Rydb.) is a popular and highly sought wild fruit in the western United States. Because it is becoming increasingly difficult to meet growing market demands from wild harvests, growers and state officials are funding projects to investigate cultivation of the fruit. This study investigates the vegetative and reproductive growth patterns of this species as a prelude to its cultivation. Such information is critical in properly scheduling fertilizing, pruning and other cultural practices. The species produces fixed sympodial, non-episodic vegetative extension growth over a four-week period each season, followed by apical abortion and the formation of vegetative or mixed buds. Floret differentiation begins shortly after cessation of shoot growth and all floral parts are differentiated by late summer of the year prior to anthesis.
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