Details for: PI 618058, Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton, 'Middleboro'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Middleboro'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

06 May 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Middleboro'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

06 May 1992

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Source History

Developed

1875.
Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Cultivar originated in 1885
Developer(s):

Howes, J.W.

Donated

06 May 1992.
Wisconsin, United States
Comment: Received from D. Boone to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Boone, Donald M.

Accession Group(s)

Group name: VACCINIUM: Cranberry
Note: Vaccinium macrocarpon representatives
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Cranberry

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Middleboro'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: CRANBERRY

CVAC 1045

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Middleboro is a large berry (54-58 cup count) that ripens late but does not keep well. It is a glossy, deep red, oval -shaped berry with a pointed calyx end. The vines are fine to medium tex-tured, and the uprights are tall with very large, dark green leaves. The cultivar is considered a good producer. Middlesex. George Batchelder was the discoverer of this cultivar which he planted at Holliston. Massachusetts. The fruit is medium sized (90-96 cup count), ripens late in the season, and keeps well in storage. The glossy, deep red berries are oval shaped with a pointed stem end. The medium coarse vines and tall uprights have very large, dark green leaves. Production by this cultivar is only fair.

H. Bains collection

NAMED FOR= Town of Middleboro, Mass., where it was discovered

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Oxycoccus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41030

Place of publication:

Hort. kew. 2:13, t. 7. 1789

Verified:

01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oxycoccus macrocarpos (Aiton) Pursh

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	American cranberry	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	cranberry	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	large cranberry	1	Vander Kloet, S. P. 1996. Vaccinium. In: J. L. Luteyn et al., Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:138.
French	canneberge à gros fruits	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
French	ronce d'Amérique	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	große Moosbeere	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kranbeere	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	arándano americano	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	arándano trepador	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	amerikanskt tranbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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