Pearl River is a hybrid of highbush and rabbiteye blueberries. Fruit is firm, medium-sized, good flavor, small scar and somewhat darker than other cultivars. Flowers later than rabbiteye and ripens late April in South Mississippi. Fruit is medium sized with excellent scar, flavor and firmness. The color is blue to black-blue.
Branches are stout rather than twiggy and easy to prune.
Bush is vigorous and upright. May. Star is a good pollinator. Fruit has excellent scar, firmness, good color and good flavor. The plant leafs strongly before the first flowers open. The recommended pollinator is Southmoon.