Details for: PI 554949, Vaccinium hybr., 'Avonblue'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium hybr.

Cultivar:

'Avonblue'

Origin:

Developed – Florida, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

31 Mar 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium hybr.

Cultivar:

'Avonblue'

Origin:

Developed – Florida, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

31 Mar 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

1977.
Florida, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1977
Developer(s):

Donated

31 March 1986.
Florida, United States
Comment: Cuttings received from Dr. P. Lyrene to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Lyrene, Paul, University of Florida

Accession Group(s)

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

'Avonblue'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: BLUEBERRY

W. B. Sherman and R. H. Sharpe cultivar release cross made in 1962, selected in 1964, release in 1977

Sherman, Wayne University of Florida

Fla. 4-65

Type: Developer identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

CVAC 515

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Southern highbush blueberry

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative

Cross made in 1962, selected in 1964, released in 1977. Fruit: oblate; light blue; firm, dry stem scar; 65 berries per cup; ripens after Sharpblue in mid-May; adaptable to mechanical harvest; for shipping and local market; high quality. Plant: spreading; slightly smaller than Flordablue; fruit set extremely heavy, pruning necessary; blossoms in late february to March. Yield medium to high; resistant to stem canker (Botryosphaeria corticus Demaree and Wilcox) and to bud mites. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. pp. 174-175Tetraploid, low chilling, ripens after Flordablue and Sharpblue Avonblue is named for Avon Elliott, wife of Arthur Elliott after whom the variety Elliott is named. Arthur and Avon moved to Fla during retirement and had a blueberry farm near Gainesville on which Ralph Sharpe tested seedlings during the 1960s and 1970s. - per. comm. from Paul Lyrene, 11 September 2003.

W. B. Sherman and R. H. Sharpe cultivar release cross made in 1962, selected in 1964, release in 1977

NAMED FOR= Avon Elliott, wife of Arthur Elliott

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 coriaceum Hook. f. to Vaccinium hybr.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
GENSTOCK	VACCINIUM CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset	YES		VACCINIUM.CORE.1998		Not Available

Genotype Data

Poly Type	Marker	Value	Evaluation	Study Type	Inventory
MICROSATELLITE	CA23a	157:160	2019 10-SSR Blueberry	FINGERPRNT	CVAC 515 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE	GVC-C179a	212:221:230	2019 10-SSR Blueberry	FINGERPRNT	CVAC 515 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE	KAN-262a	246:249:266	2019 10-SSR Blueberry	FINGERPRNT	CVAC 515 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE	NA172a	301:307	2019 10-SSR Blueberry	FINGERPRNT	CVAC 515 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE	Pr031818819a	313:315:321	2019 10-SSR Blueberry	FINGERPRNT	CVAC 515 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITE	GVC-C571	123:126:129	2019 10-SSR Blueberry	FINGERPRNT	CVAC 515 .001 PL