Here we report on the current state of the diploid blueberry genome and describe some of the current resources available. While many plant sequencing efforts are underway across the plant kingdom, the vaccinium genus is relatively under represented. Blueberry is unique in that it has a long develop period (juvenile period = 3 years), is unable to self propagate, Our goal is to generate a genome reference that acts as a resource for more efficient breeding. Marker guided breeding benefits from having a genome resource to associate gene regulation with desirable plant traits. These efforts will ultimately lead to improvements in growing, berry collecting, processing and improved human nutrition.