The beginning of the blueberry madness. What varieties dominate in July and August?

Mid-July is an important moment in the blueberry season. The season opens with the Duke variety. These are the bushes that mature first. Their fruits are large and sweet. Bluecrop blueberries dominate in August.

On one of the blueberry plantations in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the bushes are heavy with fruit. According to Mateusz Wdowiak, a blueberry grower from Pilchów near Szczecin, it may be a good but demanding season:

So far, the season promises to be very good. We have a lot of fruit, there were heavy frosts in spring, but the bushes were saved. This year we also experienced a large wave of several very hot days. At temperatures above 32 degrees Celsius there is a risk of sunburn. We used above-the-crown watering. It worked, there are practically no burns. This year has been a very difficult year, but it is also a good year. Generally, conditions for vegetative growth are excellent, and there are plenty of fruits.

Poland is a blueberry powerhouse. We are the leader in Europe

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Poland is the European leader in blueberry production. In 2025, only the United States, Peru, Canada, Chile and Mexico are ahead of us in the world.

The first blueberry crops in Poland appeared only in the 1970s. At that time, it was a completely unknown fruit, cultivated on a small scale. The popularity of blueberries increased in the 1990s.

Information about its health properties helped convince Poles to eat this fruit. Blueberries have a high concentration of antioxidants, are low in calories and good for the heart - they help regulate cholesterol and improve the elasticity of blood vessels.

White coating and hard peel. How to recognize the perfect blueberry in the store?

A good quality blueberry should be firm, have a hard and crunchy skin and a characteristic white-blue, matte coating. Light color means that the fruit has not suffered much bruise during transport and harvesting.

There may be fruits that are darker, because it depends, for example, on the abrasions of the leaves, but generally these blueberries should be light. The fruit cannot be cracked and it cannot form such a jam - adds Wdowiak.

If the weather is good and the summer is not too hot and rainy, the blueberry harvest will last until the end of August.