Details for: PI 614076, Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton, 'Howes'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Howes'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

09 May 1996

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium macrocarpon Aiton

Cultivar:

'Howes'

Origin:

Developed – Massachusetts, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

09 May 1996

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Vine

Life Habit:

Woody Vine

Source History

Developed

Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Cultivar originated in 1843 in Bassett Swamp
Developer(s):

Howes, James P.

Donated

09 May 1996.
New Jersey, United States
Comment: Received from Vorsa to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Vorsa, Nick, Rutgers University

Accession Group(s)

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

'Howes'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: CRANBERRY

Howes, James P.

CVAC 1296

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Elias Howes discovered this cultivar in 1843 and made the first planting at East Dennis, Massachusetts. The medium to small fruit (80-140 cup count) ripens late but is resistant to frost; it is particularly valued for its excellent keeping quality and high pectin content (desirable for canning). The glossy, medium red berry is oblong to oval in shape (oblong when poorly seed-ed and round when well seeded) and has a crisp flesh. Vines are coarse with many more uprights produced than runners. Although considered a good pro-ducer, it is not as productive as Early Black nor is it as resistant to false blossom disease.

Elias Howes discovered this cultivar in 1843 and made the first planting at East Dennis, Massachusetts

NAMED FOR= Elias Howes

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