Details for: PI 657151, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Montgomery'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Montgomery'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Feb 2003
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Montgomery'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
25 Feb 2003
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Developed
1997.
North Carolina, United States
Comment: Cross made at Raleigh, N.C
Developer(s):
Donated
25 February 2003.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):
29 November 2006.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries
Note: Blueberries mostly composted of Vaccinium virgatum formerly known as V. ashei blueberry cultivars. Hexaploid.
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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Montgomery'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE

CVAC 1510
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Montgomery - An early-ripening rabbiteye blueberry. Origin: From the cross NC763 x Premier made at Raleigh, N. C. by J. R. Ballington. Introduced in 1997. Berry: larger than Tifblue, smaller than Premier. Good picking scar, good color, and aromatic flavor. Fruit firmness average, like Premier. Resistant to cracking, stemming and tearing, with shelf-life superior to Premier. Soluble solids: acid ratio equal to Tifblue. Plant: moderately vigorous, semi-upright, easy to train. Flowers partly self fertile, but needs cross pollination. A consistent producer. Propagation rights assigned to Finch Nursesry, Bailey, N. C.

cultivar release by Jim R. Ballington cross made by J. R. Ballington at Raleigh, N.C. Introduction in 1997

NAMED FOR= Montgomery County, North Carolina
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Cyanococcus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:

41068
Place of publication:

Hort. kew. 2:12. 1789
Verified:
06/10/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Vaccinium amoenum Aiton

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishrabbit-eye blueberry  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsouthern black blueberry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishswamp blueberry  1Weakley, A. S. 2011. Flora of the southern and middle Atlantic states.
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Pathogens
Elisa test
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 1510 .002 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 1510 .002 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 1510 .002 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 1510 .002 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 1510 .002 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 1510 .002 PL
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Citations
Pedigree
Date released:
1997
Description:
NC763 x Premier

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICDNA RatioFlow cytometry measurement of the ratio of the amount of sample DNA to the amount of DNA in a standard plant2.3 2012.6.30.CYTOLOGYCVAC 1510 .002 PLNot Available
CYTOLOGICPloidyNumber of sets of chromosomes. Example: 2x6x 2012.6.30.CYTOLOGYCVAC 1510 .002 PLNot Available
CYTOLOGICPloidy EquationEquation of the ploidy of the plant. Example 2n = 2x = YY2n = 6x = 72,, 2012.6.30.CYTOLOGYCVAC 1510 .002 PLNot Available
STRESSMAX MID-WINTER COLD HARDINESSMID-WINTER HARDINESS,SUSTAINED MINIMUM LT50 IN DEGREES CELCIUS, OBSERVED IN BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS-19.8 VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006 Not Available