Details for: PI 555008, Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton, 'Black Veil'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Black Veil'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

04 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Black Veil'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

04 Jun 1990

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Source History

Developed

1890.
Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced ca 1890
Developer(s):

Donated

04 June 1990.
Wisconsin, United States
Comment: Received from Boone to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Boone, Donald M.

Accession Group(s)

Group name: VACCINIUM: Cranberry
Note: Vaccinium macrocarpon representatives
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Accession Names and Identifiers

'Black Veil'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: CRANBERRY

CVAC 770

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Very early, fruit is almost black when very ripe, good keepers, fair shippers This early-ripening cultivar was selected in 1890 by Joseph McFarlin at South Carver, Massachusetts. It produces a small round berry (103-109 berries per cup) with a flat calyx end. the glossy berry is blackish red in color. Black Veil is productive and berries color well in storage, but they are only fair in keeping quality. Paul Eck, 1990, The American Cranberry.

Joseph McFarlin selection from Massachusetts Selected in 1890

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	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)

Annotations

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