Details for: PI 554994, Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton, 'McFarlin'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton
Cultivar:
'McFarlin'
Origin:
Developed – Massachusetts, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton
Cultivar:
'McFarlin'
Origin:
Developed – Massachusetts, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Jan 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1874.
Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Cultivar originated about 1874
Developer(s):
Donated
25 January 1989.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Cuttings from commercial grower Kathleen Smith in Bandon, OR to Toon Variety Trials to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
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
'McFarlin'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: CRANBERRY

CVAC 667
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
This cultivar was discovered by T. H. McFarlin in 1874 and planted by him at South Carver, Massachusetts. The fruit is large to medium (65 to 95 cup count) but the berries are not uniform in size and do not color in storage. They ripen midseason (usually in the second and third week of October) but they are frost resistant. The berries have tender flesh and fine flavor, but their keeping quality is only fair. The deep red berries are round to oblong in shape with a very prominent calyx and heavy waxy bloom. The cultivar produces a prolific amount of coarse vine growth, which makes it par-ticularly difficult to harvest by hand scoops or with mechanical dry harvesters. Where water harvesting is practiced, this drawback is not serious. The plant is very resistant to false blossom disease. McFarlin makes up about 20 percent of the production in Wisconsin and over 80 percent in the Pacific Northwest.

T. H. McFarlin cultivar

NAMED FOR= T. H. McFarlin, breeder
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAmerican cranberry  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishcranberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishlarge cranberry  1Vander Kloet, S. P. 1996. Vaccinium. In: J. L. Luteyn et al., Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:138.
Frenchcanneberge à gros fruits  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Frenchronce d'Amérique  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germangroße Moosbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanKranbeere  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanisharándano americano  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanisharándano trepador  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishamerikanskt tranbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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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Description:
Selected from the wild in Massachusetts