Details for: PI 554713, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Walker'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Walker'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 1990
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:
'Walker'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
11 Jan 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1944.
Florida, United States
Comment: Discovered in 1944 along the Satilla River
Developer(s):
Donated
11 January 1990.
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
'Walker'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
W. M. Walker discovered Introduced in 1944 selected from the Satilla River where
Walker, William

CVAC 248
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: small; skin meidum light blue; flesh tart until fully ripe; scar small, dry. Bush: upright; weak; slow growth for rabbiteye type, grow to 6 ft; disease resistant. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 187Disease resistant. Received as Vaccinium ashei.

W. M. Walker discovered Introduced in 1944 selected from the Satilla River where Mr. Walker liked to fish

NAMED FOR= W.'Billy' M. Walker, discoverer of the plant
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
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 248 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 248 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 248 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 248 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 248 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 248 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Selection from wild V. ashei from Georgia

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
STRESSMAX MID-WINTER COLD HARDINESSMID-WINTER HARDINESS,SUSTAINED MINIMUM LT50 IN DEGREES CELCIUS, OBSERVED IN BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS-23.7 VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006 Not Available