Details for: PI 553348, Rubus hybr., 'Illini Hardy'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Rubus hybr.

Cultivar:

'Illini Hardy'

Origin:

Developed – Illinois, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

12 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Rubus hybr.

Cultivar:

'Illini Hardy'

Origin:

Developed – Illinois, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

12 Mar 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

1990.
Illinois, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1990
Developer(s):

Skirvin, Robert, University of Illinois

Donated

12 March 1990.
Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Received from Nourse Farms Inc. to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Nourse, Tim, Nourse Farms, Inc.

Accession Group(s)

Group name: Rubus: blackberries
Note: bramble cultivars fruit with solid center
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Accession Names and Identifiers

'Illini Hardy'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: BLACKBERRY

CRUB 1202

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Illini Hardy-- U.S. plant patent 8,333. (NY 95 x Chester) This Illinois blackberry, was released in 1988, tested as ILL 4- 1, and is the hardiest of currently available cultivars. It survived -24F at Urbana, IL (1989-1990), has produced for backyard gardeners in Bloomington, MN and Madison, Mini Hardy has an extended harvest season, but not as long as Chester. The berry is medium in size, attractive, shiny black, and of good flavor. The plant is vigorous, erect and thorny. In comparison with Darrow, it is more vigorous, hardier, and a more consistent producer of quality fruit.

Robert M. Skirvin cultivar release named for the fighting Illini

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as Ill. 4-1

NAMED FOR= University of Illinois, where it was developed

Rubus hybr.

Genus:

Rubus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Rosoideae

Tribe:

Rubeae

Nomen number:

104971

Comment:

interim designation used in GRIN for Rubus hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial

Verified:

04/11/1988 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Rubus ×proteus C. H. Stirt. ex L. Hend., nom. inval.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	Marionberry	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications
English	Olallieberry	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications
English	youngberry	1	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia II: a source book of edible plants Note: Kampong Publications

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	CHROMOCOUNT	CHROMOCOUNT	28	RUBUS.Thompson.ChromosomeCount.1995	CRUB 1202 .001 PL	Not Available
CYTOLOGIC	Ploidy Equation	Equation of the ploidy of the plant. Example 2n = 2x = YY	2n = 4x = 28	RUBUS.Thompson.ChromosomeCount.1995	CRUB 1202 .001 PL	Not Available
GENSTOCK	RUBUS CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset		RUBUS.CORE.1998		Not Available
PRODUCTION	TYPE	CROP TYPE	B - BLACKBERRY	RUBUS.CORVALLIS.STD.1994		Not Available