Details for: PI 618234, Vaccinium corymbosum L., 'Pearl River'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Cultivar:
'Pearl River'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Received by NPGS:
24 Mar 1999
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Cultivar:
'Pearl River'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Received by NPGS:
24 Mar 1999
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Source History
Developed
1994.
Mississippi, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
24 March 1999.
Mississippi, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Blueberries
Note: Vaccinium corymbosum
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Blueberries

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
'Pearl River'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: BLUEBERRY
Spiers, Jim USDA-ARS

MS-149
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier
Spiers, Jim USDA-ARS

MS149 DUPL=1343
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 1387
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Pearl River; Pentaploid northern highbush x rabbiteye hybrid from the cross G-136 (highbush) x Beckyblue (rabbiteye). Tested as MS149; released in 1994 by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Small Fruit Sta., Poplarville, Miss. Berry: size medium; dark blue; scar, firmness, and flavor good. Flowers late at Poplarville, but ripens one week earlier than the earliest rabbiteye cultivars (Climax and Premier). Plant: vigorous, upright; productive; must be planted with southern highbush cultivars for pollination.

Craighton Gupton cultivar
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Cyanococcus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

41002
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:350. 1753
Verified:
01/14/2010 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Vaccinium corymbosum L. var. corymbosum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium atlanticum E. P. Bicknell
Vaccinium constablaei A. Gray

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAmerican blueberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishblueberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishhighbush blueberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishswamp blueberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Frenchairelle d'Amérique  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchbluet en corymbe  2FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Germanamerikanische Blueberry  2Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Spanisharándano americano  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishamerikanskt blåbär  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 26 May 2014, from Vaccinium hybr. to Vaccinium corymbosum L.
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Citations
  • Lyrene, P. 1997. Register of New Fruit and Nut Varieties List 38; Blueberry. HortScience 32(5):787. Number of accessions cited: 1
Pedigree
Description:
G-136 (highbush) x Beckyblue (rabbiteye)