Details for: PI 554869, Vaccinium hybr., 'Blue Ridge'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium hybr.
Cultivar:
'Blue Ridge'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
27 Apr 1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium hybr.
Cultivar:
'Blue Ridge'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
27 Apr 1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1987.
North Carolina, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1990
Developer(s):
Donated
27 April 1987.
North Carolina, United States
Comment: Received from Ballington to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Blueberries
Note: Vaccinium corymbosum
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Blueberries

Group name: VACCINIUM: Southern Highbush
Note: Blueberry adapted to cold climate with snow cover
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Southern Highbush

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Blue Ridge'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: BLUEBERRY
G. J. Galletta and A. D. Draper cultivar release tested by J. R. Ballington, C. M. Mainland, S. D. Duke and A. D. Draper
Ballington, James R. North Carolina State University

NC 1440
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 314
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Southern highbush blueberry
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

CVAC 609
Type: Inventory

Narrative
Fruit: Medium-large; excellent color, firmness, and flavor; picking scar fair to poor; ripens early midseason to midseaseon. Plant: vigorous; erect; widely adapted. Chilling requirement 500 - 600 hours. Susceptible to cane canker and mummy berry; field tolerant to stem blight. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 176-177.BLUE RIDGE is recommended for trial throughout the southeastern U.S. as an early-midseason to midseason cultivar. The fruit is medium large in size with excellent color, firmness, and pleasant high acid -flavor. The picking scar is only fair to poor. It has a desirable soluble solids/acids ratio for extended shelf-life.The BLUE RIDGE plant is vigorous, very erect in growth habit, and widely adapted to soils, both in the coastal plain, and on lighter soils in the piedmont and lower mountains (with mulching or incorporation of organic matter). It is fairly early blooming with a chilling requirement between 500-600 hrs., and irrigation or frost protection during bloom is recommended. BLUE RIDGE roots readily from softwood and hardwood cuttings. It is susceptible to stem canker and plantings should only be established with canker- free nursery plants. It has shown good field tolerance to stem blight. It is also susceptible to mummy berry.Because of its poor picking scar, BLUE RIDGE is primarily recommended for planting for local sales and PYO in the coastal plain, and piedmont and lower mountains (with appropriate soil modification and permanent irrigation). The name BLUE RIDGE is indicative of this cultivar's broad adaptation in the piedmont and lower mountains of the southeast.Superior fruit quality, stem blight tolerant. Low chilling cultivar

G. J. Galletta and A. D. Draper cultivar release tested by J. R. Ballington, C. M. Mainland, S. D. Duke and A. D. Draper

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as NC 1440

WHY NAMED= Broad adaptation thru the coastal plain and piedmont of NC

NAMED FOR= named for the Blue Ridge Mountains
Vaccinium hybr.
Genus:
Vaccinium
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

315258
Comment:
interim designation used in GRIN for Vaccinium hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial
Verified:
10/05/1989 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Annotations
  • The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 12 Oct 1989, from Vaccinium spp. to Vaccinium corymbosum L.
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 15 Feb 2020, from Vaccinium corymbosum L. to Vaccinium hybr.
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Pathogens
Elisa test
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 314 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 314 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 314 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 314 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 314 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 314 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Patriot x US 74 (Florida 4b [V. darrowii] x Bluecrop)

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 COLORR - RED VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST BLOOMJULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM81 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT0.17 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHYSIOLOGYMineral and soil adaptation indices Mineral and soil adaptation indices of Vaccinium cultivars and interspecific hybrids.2.8 Scheerens, Erb, Goulart, Hancock 1999 Mineral Soil Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:1602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:1602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a246:249:2692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a246:249:2692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:323:3272019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:323:3272019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 314 .001_F PL