Details for: DVIT 2069, Vitis hybr., Miss Blue

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vitis hybr.

Top Name:

Miss Blue

Origin:

Developed – Mississippi, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Cutting	5 count		DVIT 2069 0000C PL

Note: When you select cuttings, you will receive unrooted cuttings, not rooted plants, unless specific arrangements have been made with the curator.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vitis hybr.

Top Name:

Miss Blue

Origin:

Developed – Mississippi, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Source History

Developed

POST 1937.
Mississippi, United States

Developer(s):

U.S. Horticultural Field Station

Donated

01 January 1983.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis.
Donor(s):

Goheen, Austin C., USDA, ARS

PRE 1983.
Mississippi, United States
Comment: Donated to Dr. Goheen, USDA, ARS
Donor(s):

U.S. Horticultural Field Station

Accession Names and Identifiers

Miss Blue

Type: Unverified name

DVIT 2069

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Hybrid. Per J.P. Overcash, et. al. (see citation): "ORIGIN: Grape research at the USDA Horticultural Field Station near Meridian, Mississippi was in initiated in 1937 with the objectives of testing and developing bunch grapes that could be grown in home gardens. Most standard grape varieties of all origins were found to be short-lived, but good progress was made in breeding vigorous and productive (Meridian) lines. Meridian M20-3C (MidSouth) and Meridian M18 (MissBlue) were grown in vineyards at Mississippi State University in 1965. Own-rooted plants of each variety were set in the research vineyards at Beaumont, Crystal Springs, Stoneville and Verona in 1974 and have lived and grown vigorously when adjacent vines of other varieties have died. MidSouth and MissBlue have not shown symptoms of Pierce's Disease, and their vigor and productivity have indicated resistance have indicated resistance to the disease. [...] MissBlue is a cross of Dog Ridge is a V champini selected from the wild in Bell County, Texas in the late 1800s and has been distributed worldwide as a vigorous rootstock. It roots from cuttings and is exceedingly vigorous. It is resistant to Pierce's Disease, lime, drought and nematodes and is moderately resistant to phylloxera. It has a pistillate flower type and very small clusters of berries of medium size and low quality. J.B. Moore of Concord, Massachusetts developed Moore Early from an open-pollinated seed of Concord in 1872, and the variety was named in 1877. It is self-fertile, has purple berries and is typical of V. labrusca x V. vinifera varieties. It tolerates black rot but is susceptible to Pierce's Disease. MissBlue is highly susceptible to anthracnose, but a persistent fungicide program has kept this disease under control. [...] Harvest dates of MidSouth and MissBlue in our research vineyards have been from late July to mid-August. Yields have been higher for MidSouth than for MissBlue, and both have been more reproductive than Blue Lake. Yields have varied directly with vine size, which often is expressed as pounds removed per vine by the balanced pruning arrangement used in our vineyards. Average pruning weights for three years at three locations were the same for MidSouth and MissBlue, and Blue Lake vines were less vigorous. MidSouth and MissBlue berries are larger than those of Blue Lake and Lake Emerald, but Lake Emerald clusters are heavier than clusters of MidSouth and MissBlue. MissBlue clusters are compact. Sugar content (percent soluble solids measured by a hand refractometer over a three locations) was comparable for Blue Lake, MidSouth and MissBlue. Soluble solids content of Lake Emerald was 4-5% higher. Fully-ripe MidSouth and MissBlue berries have a mild and slight "foxy" flavor (due to methylanthranilate) but do not complete for fresh eating with high-quality Concord grapes from areas where that variety is well adapted; however, they are superior to Concord grapes grown in central and southern Mississippi where concord is poorly adapted."

Vitis hybr.

Genus:

Vitis

Family:

Vitaceae

Subfamily:

Vitoideae

Nomen number:

300679

Comment:

interim designation used in GRIN for Vitis hybrids that lack an acceptable binomial

Verified:

11/02/1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 17 Oct 1991, from Vitis rotundifolia Michx. to Vitis hybr.