Blueberry story
Turn a blueberry over to find a star
The small star at the tip is a trace of the flower.
A relatively young cultivated crop
Systematic blueberry domestication began just over a century ago, although people ate wild berries long before.
Blue beneath a dusty bloom
A natural waxy bloom gives blueberries their pale, misty surface.
A flower’s little star
The star-shaped crown is the calyx left where the flower once grew.