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Details for: PI 554990,
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton, 'Beckwith'
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Beckwith'
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Vine
Life Habit:
Woody Vine
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Beckwith'
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Vine
Life Habit:
Woody Vine
Source History
Developed
1950.
Maryland, United States
Developer(s):
Bain, H.F.
Bergman, H.F.
Donated
25 January 1989.
Oregon, United States
Comment:
Cuttings from commercial grower to commercial grower to F. Toon trail plot in Bandon, OR. Cuttings received at NCGR
Donor(s):
Toon, Frank
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Cranberry
Note:
Vaccinium macrocarpon representatives
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link.
VACCINIUM: Cranberry
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Beckwith'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: CRANBERRY
H. F. Bain and H. F. Bergman cultivar introduction selected in 1938 - 1940 introduced in 1950
Bergman, H.F.
DUPL=496
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier
CVAC 496
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number
CVAC 663
Type: Inventory
Narrative
Introduced in 1950. Fruit large, cup count 50-60, deep red, late to mature Fruit: large; cup-count 50-60' shape oval-oblong; skin deep red; keeping quality fair to good; late-maturing. Vine: productive, but susceptible to false blossom in New Jersey. Named after Charles S. Beckwith, formerly of Cranberry and Blueberry Lab., New Jersey. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 232.
H. F. Bain and H. F. Bergman cultivar introduction selected in 1938 - 1940 introduced in 1950
WHY NAMED= late maturing, productive cranberry
NAMED FOR= Charles S. Beckwith, Cranberry and Blueberry Lab, NJ
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Oxycoccus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41030
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 2:13, t. 7. 1789
Verified:
01/14/2010
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oxycoccus macrocarpos
(Aiton) Pursh
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
American cranberry
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
cranberry
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
large cranberry
1
Vander Kloet, S. P.
1996.
Vaccinium
. In: J. L. Luteyn et al., Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:138.
French
canneberge à gros fruits
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
French
ronce d'Amérique
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
große Moosbeere
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Kranbeere
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
arándano americano
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
arándano trepador
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
amerikanskt tranbär
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Name
References
Annotations
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
12 Oct 1989, from
Vaccinium
spp. to
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton
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Pathogens
Elisa test
Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 496 .001 PL
Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 496 .001 PL
Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 496 .001 PL
Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 496 .001 PL
TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 15 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 496 .001 PL
Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015.
Inventory:
CVAC 496 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Female accession:
PI 614075
Male accession:
PI 554986
Description:
McFarlin x Early Black
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
DISEASE
PERCENT ROT
PERCENT ROT
0
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
GENSTOCK
VACCINIUM CORE SUBSET
A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset
YES
VACCINIUM.CORE.1998
Not Available
GROWTH
GROWTH UPRIGHT
UPRIGHT GROWTH IN CENTIMETERS
6
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
CUP COUNT
THE NUMBER OF BERRIES PER CUP
62
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT WEIGHT
FRUIT WEIGHT IN GRAMS
2
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWERS UPRIGHT
NUMBER OF UPRIGHT FLOWERS
4
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BERRIES UPRIGHT
NUMBER OF UPRIGHT BERRIES
2
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
PRODUCTION
YIELD PER ACRE
YIELD PER ACRE
0.5
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
PRODUCTION
FRUIT SET
PERCENT FRUIT SET
48
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
PRODUCTION
REPEAT BLOOM
PERCENT REPEAT BLOOM
8
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available