NJ A4149

Designates the blueberry muffin as the official New Jersey State Muffin, effective immediately upon enactment.

New Jersey is consistently among the top-five blueberry producers nationally, yielding approximately 50 million pounds worth an estimated $70 million annually.

The highbush blueberry was first commercially cultivated in New Jersey by Elizabeth White and Frederick Coville at Whitesbog in Browns Mills, with the first commercial crop harvested in 1916.

Hammonton in Atlantic County is recognized as the "Blueberry Capital of the World," and the blueberry was designated as New Jersey's official State Fruit in 2003.