Details for: PI 554720, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Choice'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Choice'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 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:
'Choice'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1985.
Florida, United States
Comment: Introduced in 1985
Developer(s):
Donated
02 March 1990.
Florida, United States
Comment: Plants received from Hartmann's Plantation Inc 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
'Choice'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
P. M. Lyrene and W. B. Sherman cultivar release introduction in 1985
Sherman, Wayne University of Florida

CVAC 719
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: size medium; light blue; excellent scar; firm; very good flavor; late-ripening; machine-harvestable. self-in-compatible. Somewhat susceptible to phytophthora root rot. Chilling requirement similar to Tifblue. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit an Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 178-179Medium size, darker blue fruit, 80-90 berries per cup. Fruit medium sized, light blue, firm, good flavor. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Choice was a rabbiteye with unusually good flavor. One of the Florida growers named it 'Choice' when it was an experimental selection and it seemed like a good name to maintain. - per. comm. Paul Lyrene 11 September 2003.Choice (late season) was released from Florida in 1985 (Lyrene et al. 1985C). 'Choice' originated from open-pollinated seeds obtained in 1954 from fruit of T-31 ('Satilla' x 'Callaway'). It is vigorous, but less upright than 'Tifblue'. 'Choice' has better than average leaf disease resistance. Plants are somewhat susceptible to root rots, therefore it should be planted on well-drained soils. In the Ginesville, Florida area. it is more reliable in production than 'Tifblue', which yields well after cold winters ( at least 650 hours below 45 degrees F. but yield are poor after mild winter.). 'Choice' requires 550 chilling hours, but anthesis to 50% ripe fruit has not been determined. Berries are light blue in color, firm, smaller in size than most rabbiteye cultivars, have a small dry scar, and good in flavor after fully ripe. 'Choice' is late ripening, but suitable for fresh shipment as well as for pick-your-own markets. - M.E. Austin. 1994. Rabbiteye Blueberries. Ag Science, Inc. Auburndale, FL. p.20.

P. M. Lyrene and W. B. Sherman cultivar release introduction in 1985

NAMED FOR= a "choice" rabbiteye cultivar with good flavor
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 719 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 719 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 719 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 719 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 719 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 719 .001 PL
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Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Open pollinated selection of Tifton 31 (Ethel x Callaway)

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:1662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:1662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:221:2352019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:221:2352019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:243:251:2542019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:243:251:2542019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3132019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3132019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:313:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:313:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C571123:126:1292019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 719 .001_F PL