The Detroit News. Ask Martha Blueberries are perfect summer snack and most nutritious fruit Native to North America, blueberries are not only delicious, but they're loaded with vitamin C, fiber and a source of antitoxidants.
Blueberries are one of summer's greatest bounties.
Blueberries are native to North America. When explorers first arrived, they were quick to discover the low-growing blueberry bush, dense with tiny blue fruit. Though they were appreciated at the time for their unique flavor, blueberries were extremely labor-intensive to harvest because they grew hardly a foot off the ground. These blueberries are fatter and paler in color than the tiny, purplish-blue wild blueberries. Blueberries are nutritional powerhouses.