Details for: PI 554697, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Bluebelle'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Bluebelle'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Bluebelle'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1974.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Crossed in 1946, selected in 1951, introduced in 1974
Developer(s):
Donated
26 May 1983.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Received from Max Austin in Georgia to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries
Note: Blueberries mostly composted of Vaccinium virgatum formerly known as V. ashei blueberry cultivars. Hexaploid.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Bluebelle'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
C. M. Darrow and W. T. Brightwell cross made in 1946, selected in 1951
USDA, ARS

T-14
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 232
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: large; round; skin light blue; excellent flavor; ripens over a relatively long period beginning in midseason. Bush: upright; moderately vigouous; productive; self-unfruitful. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. p. 175.Midseason, ripens over a relatively long period. Fruit large, round, light blue, excellent flavor. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Bluebelle (mid season) was released from Georgia in 1974 from a cross of 'Callaway' x 'Ethel' (Brightwell and Draper 1975). Plants are upright, moderately vigorous with medium crowns and very productive even at a very young age in the field. Enough new stems are produced to renew the plant each year. 'Bluebelle' is sensitive to soil conditions and drainage. Estimates of the chilling requirement for flower buds is 450-500 hours below 45 degrees F. Anthesis to 50% ripe fruit is 112 days. Berries are large, round, light red in color before ripening, then light blue upon ripening, and have good flavor, but are tart until fully ripe. Fruit ripening begins in mid-season and extends over a relatively long period. Under favorable environmental conditions, the berries size well throughout the harvest season, thus being an excellent pick-your-own cultivar. Berries get soft rapidly after ripening and tend to tear a little when harvested, therefore because of this and the red background color, 'Bluebelle' is not recommended for shipment. Berries do not sink in the wash tank for freezing, therefore there is much waste to the quantity harvested. The number of seeds average 66 per berry. -M.E. Austin, 1994. Rabbiteye Blueberries. Ag Science, Inc. Auburndale, FL. p. 17.

C. M. Darrow and W. T. Brightwell cross made in 1946, selected in 1951

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as T-14

NAMED FOR= the good fruit
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Cyanococcus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

41068
Place of publication:

Hort. kew. 2:12. 1789
Verified:
06/10/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishrabbit-eye blueberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsouthern black blueberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishswamp blueberry  1Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 10 Jun 1992, from Vaccinium ashei J. M. Reade to Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
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Pathogens
Elisa test
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 232 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 232 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 232 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 232 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 232 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 232 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Callaway x Ethel (Ga. V. ashei)

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF COLORAUTUMN FOLIAGE COLORG - GREEN VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT228 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:221:235:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:221:235:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:251:254:260:2662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:251:254:260:2662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a292:310:315:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a292:310:315:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624100:103:106:1092019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C571123:1292019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1922019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398231:234:2382019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:257:260:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 232 .001 PL