Look for fairly firm, sweet-smelling berries with no signs of mould or mildew and no crushed berries in the box. Purchase the smaller lowbush blueberries as fresh as possible.

Store, loosely covered, in the refrigerator. Use the berries within two weeks, but preferably as soon as possible.

For optimum flavour, bring refrigerated blueberries to room temperature before serving.

Highbush and Lowbush berries freeze well in the same fashion as raspberries and strawberries (whole, in a single layer).