Details for: PI 551615, Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier, 'Royal Sovereign'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier
Cultivar:
'Royal Sovereign'
Origin:
Developed – England, United Kingdom
Received by NPGS:
28 Jun 1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier
Cultivar:
'Royal Sovereign'
Origin:
Developed – England, United Kingdom
Received by NPGS:
28 Jun 1984
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1891.
England, United Kingdom
Comment: Breeder was Thomas Laxton, whose nursery was in Tinwell, near Stamford, Lincolnshire, England,UK
Developer(s):
Donated
28 June 1984.
Maryland, United States
Comment: Received from Dr. David Simpson, East Malling, United Kingdom to Gene Galletta to NCGR-Corvallis.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Royal Sovereign'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: STRAWBERRY
named for the King Royale

Royale
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: SYNONYM

CFRA 247
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Royal Sovereign Open Pollinated
Type: Plot
Group: STRAWBERRY
seedlot name for backup

Narrative
Very significant cultivar, of great importance in Great Britain and in the United States. Had a peak of popularity between 1920 and 1960. This cultivar was early, had excellent flavor, beauty, productivity, hardiness and relatively good handling qualities. Weaknesses: susceptibility to mildew and viruses.Darrow, 1966.

named for the King Royale

'Royal Sovereign', like many older cultivars, has a soft texture . The flesh is bright orange-pink to scarlet. The cultivar is high in juice and is sweet. A. plant typically produce around 7–12 oz of fruitt.
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier
Genus:
Fragaria
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Rosoideae
Tribe:
Potentilleae
Subtribe:
Fragariinae
Nomen number:

244
Place of publication:

Cours compl. agric. 5:52, t. 5, fig. 1. 1785 (A. N. Duchesne in J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 2:538. 1788)(A. N. Duchesne, Hist. nat. frais. 190. 1766, as "races principales")
Verified:
03/24/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier nothosubsp. ananassa (1 active accession[s])
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier nothosubsp. cuneifolia (Nutt. ex Howell) Staudt (57 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier var. ananassa

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Mill. var. ananassa (Duchesne ex Rozier) Ser.
Potentilla ×ananassa (Duchesne ex Rozier) Mabb.

Invalid Designation(s)
Fragaria ×magna auct.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishgarden strawberry  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishstrawberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchfraisier  2Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
Frenchfraisier ananas  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanAnanaserdbeere  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
GermanErdbeere  2Conrad, L. R. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
GermanGartenerdbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKulturerdbeere  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage Note: lists as Fragaria ×ananassa (Duchesne) Guédès
Japanese Rōmajioranda-ichigo  2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguesemorangueiro  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishfresa  2León, B. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish common names
Spanishfresa ananás  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Koreanttalgi  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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Pathogens
Herbaceous tests
  • Chenopodium quinoa. NEGATIVE Inventory: CFRA 247 .001 PL
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Citations
Pedigree
Date released:
1891
Description:
Noble x King of the Earliest

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALpHpH READING OF THE FRUIT3.4 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
CHEMICALpHpH READING OF THE FRUIT3.6 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
GENSTOCKFRAGARIA CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset  FRAGARIA.CORE.1998 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYPedicel length-epipodium [cm]Epipodium length (upper part of the flower inflorescence) in cm1.6 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYPedicel length-epipodium [cm]Epipodium length (upper part of the flower inflorescence) in cm3.8 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shape [category]Shape of fruitconic FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit shape [category]Shape of fruitconic FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit weight [g]Average berry weight10.2 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFruit weight [g]Average berry weight14.9 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRunners per plant [number]Number of runners per plant over the season13.5 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRunners per plant [number]Number of runners per plant over the season4 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRunner length total [m]Total length of runners over the season1.3 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRunner length total [m]Total length of runners over the season9.4 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRunner daughters [number]Number of daughters produced per runner25.5 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYRunner daughters [number]Number of daughters produced per runner6 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYDays to ripen [date]Number of days between bloom and harvest39.5 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYDays to ripen [date]Number of days between bloom and harvest44 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYFruit harvest date first [date]Calendar or Julian date of first fruit harvest156 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYFruit harvest date first [date]Calendar or Julian date of first fruit harvest159.7 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYBloom date first [date]Julian date on which the first open blossoms were observed115.7 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYBloom date first [date]Julian date on which the first open blossoms were observed116.5 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHYSIOLOGYPlant Height (cm)Mean plant height in centimeters12.1 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHYSIOLOGYPlant Height (cm)Mean plant height in centimeters13.5 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHYSIOLOGY5 fruit weight [g]Harvest, weigh and calculate the mean of the heaviest 5 fruit per crown42.9 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PHYSIOLOGY5 fruit weight [g]Harvest, weigh and calculate the mean of the heaviest 5 fruit per crown44.8 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
PRODUCTIONCrop estimate [g]Total amount of harvested fruit per plant per season215.2 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
QUALITYTotal water soluble content [g/100g]Measure of sugar content by measuring percent of dissolved solids (°Brix)10.2 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
QUALITYTotal water soluble content [g/100g]Measure of sugar content by measuring percent of dissolved solids (°Brix)4.9 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
QUALITYTotal anthocyanin in fruit [g/100g]Total anthocyanin in fruit 1.1 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
QUALITYTotal anthocyanin in fruit [g/100g]Total anthocyanin in fruit 13.5 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2020CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available
QUALITYRatio total water soluble content : titratable acidityRatio total water soluble content : titratable acidity9.1 FRAGARIA.Hummer.etal.StrawberryPhenotypeEval.2019CFRA 247 .001 PLNot Available