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Details for: PI 554720,
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton, 'Choice'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Choice'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
02 Mar 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Choice'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
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):
Lyrene, Paul, University of Florida
Sherman, Wayne, University of Florida
Donated
02 March 1990.
Florida, United States
Comment:
Plants received from Hartmann's Plantation Inc to NCGR- Corvallis
Donor(s):
Hartmann's Plantation Inc.
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries
Note:
Blueberries mostly composted of Vaccinium virgatum formerly known as V. ashei blueberry cultivars. Hexaploid.
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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
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
rabbit-eye blueberry
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
southern black blueberry
1
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English
swamp blueberry
1
Weakley, A. S.
2011.
Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
Name
References
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
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Open pollinated selection of Tifton 31 (Ethel x Callaway)
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
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GENSTOCK
VACCINIUM CORE SUBSET
A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset
YES
VACCINIUM.CORE.1998
Not Available
Genotype Data
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Marker
Value
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MICROSATELLITE
CA23a
157:160:166
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
CA23a
157:160:166
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-C179a
212:221:235
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-C179a
212:221:235
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
KAN-262a
240:243:251:254
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
KAN-262a
240:243:251:254
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
NA172a
295:304:307:313
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
NA172a
295:304:307:313
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
Pr031818819a
310:313:317:319
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE
Pr031818819a
310:313:317:319
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITE
GVC-C571
123:126:129
2019 10-SSR Blueberry
FINGERPRNT
CVAC 719 .001_F PL