Blueberries from Argentina shipped to the USA, quality test

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Sent: 12/10/2004 6:00 PM
To: Bonnie
Subject: Blue Review

Bonnie,
Got the blues! Thanks! Much better arrival than the first shipment a few weeks ago. Here's our review, I've ranked them in order by preference. I had about 10 different experts evaluate the berries and give me feedback. Can you give me prices and availability timeframes for the 3 top choices? Maybe we can offer them around next Christmastime.

#1 Tie Blue Cuinex grower Villa Elisa
Very good flavor and sweet, berries had nice color and size. Better texture than Blue Ship. Tied with Blue Ship for #1.


#1 Tie Blue Ship grower Villa Elisa Good blueberry flavor and sweet, nice color and berries had good size, good texture but the Blue Cuinex still had the best texture. Flavor was a little bit musty or spicy. Tied with Blue Cuinex for #1.

#2 Reveille growers Villa Eliza and Jose Ozafran
Very sweet and excellent dark blue color. Good sized berries but texture
was on the soft side. Jose's berries seemed a little better and firmer than Villa Eliza's.

#3 Misty grower Roberto Gurovich
Immature tasting and tart with a few red berries. Flavor not very strong. Small sized berries.

#4 Blue Crop grower Roberto Gurovich
Appeared very immature, lots of red berries and lots of variability in size of berries. Very tart to eat.

#5 Brigita grower Jose Ozafran
No blueberry flavor, bland, doesn't wow you. Lots of bloom with
good color. Small to medium sized berries.

#6 Bonita grower Jose Ozafran
Very sour tasting and berries seemed very firm. Excellent blue color withlots of bloom. It would be hard to tell if the berries were immature by visual appearance. Good size berries with a little bit of russet or
scarring.
Talk with you soon.

Lawna