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Details for: PI 554664,
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton, 'Blomidon'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Blomidon'
Origin:
Developed – Nova Scotia, Canada
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
02 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Request are accepted Sept. 1st - Nov. 30th; Ships Jan.- Mar.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Blomidon'
Origin:
Developed – Nova Scotia, Canada
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
02 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
Nova Scotia, Canada
Developer(s):
Canada Department of Agriculture
Donated
02 May 1983.
Nova Scotia, Canada
Comment:
Received from Brydon in Nova Scotia to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Brydon, Avard C., Agriculture Canada
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Lowbush blueberries
Note:
Blueberry cultivars selected from Vaccinium angustifolium or Vaccinium myrtilloides
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link.
VACCINIUM: Lowbush blueberries
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Blomidon'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: LOWBUSH
Agriculture Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia cultivar release selected in 1970, introduced in 1982
Canada Department of Agriculture
70-36
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier
CANADA VAC0102
Type: Institute identifier
Group: CANADA CGB
Canadian Clonal Gene Bank
CVAC 219
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number
Narrative
Fruit: large, uniform, ovate; flavor fair; ripens uniformly with 95% mature by 10 Aug. Plant: vigorous; upright to spreading; productive; easily propagated; named after Cape Blomidon, a landmark in the area where variety was developed. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties, ASHS Press. 1997. p. 175
Agriculture Canada, Kentville, Nova Scotia cultivar release selected in 1970, introduced in 1982
NAMED FOR= named after Cape Blomidon, a landmark in Nova Scotia
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Cyanococcus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
40981
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 2:11. 1789
Verified:
01/14/2010
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton var.
angustifolium
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton var.
hypolasium
Fernald
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton var.
laevifolium
House
Vaccinium angustifolium
Aiton var.
nigrum
(Alph. Wood) Dole
Vaccinium brittonii
Porter ex E. P. Bicknell
Vaccinium lamarckii
Camp
Vaccinium pensylvanicum
Lam.
Vaccinium pensylvanicum
Lam. var.
nigrum
Alph. Wood
Vaccinium pensylvanicum
Lam. var.
pensylvanicum
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
blueberry
1
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
English
early lowbush blueberry
1
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
English
late sweet blueberry
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
low sweet blueberry
1
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English
lowbush blueberry
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
sweethurts
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
upland lowbush blueberry
1
Uttal, L. J.
1987. The genus
Vaccinium
L. (Ericaceae) in Virginia. Castanea 52:239.
French
bleuet à feuilles étroites
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Name
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Pathogens
Elisa test
Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 219 .001 PL
Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 219 .001 PL
Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 219 .001 PL
Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 219 .001 PL
TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 219 .001 PL
Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 219 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
1997. The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties, 3rd ed. American Society for Horticultural Science Press. 175.
Note:
ASHS Press
Number of accessions cited:
0
Pedigree
Date released:
1982
Description:
451(selection from Kirkhill, Nova Scotia) x Augusta
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GENSTOCK
VACCINIUM CORE SUBSET
A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset
YES
VACCINIUM.CORE.1998
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
LEAF COLOR
AUTUMN FOLIAGE COLOR
R - RED
VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90
Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly Type
Marker
Value
Evaluation
Study Type
Inventory
MICROSATELLITE
CA23a
157:160
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-C179a
209:218:221
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
KAN-262a
246:254
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
NA172a
304:304
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
Pr031818819a
315:323:325
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
VCB_C_04624
100:103:106
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-V41f03
186:195
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
NA398
227:231
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-C428
251:254
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 219 .001 PL