Details for: PI 679663, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Bluesfest'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Bluesfest'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Received by NPGS:
10 Nov 2014
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Bluesfest'
Origin:
Developed – Mississippi, United States
Received by NPGS:
10 Nov 2014
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Developed
10 November 2014.
Mississippi, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
10 November 2014.
Mississippi, 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.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Bluesfest'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
Stringer, Stephen USDA,ARS Small Fruit Station

MS 282
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 2187
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Development of two mid-late season rabbiteye bluberry selections is near completion and permission to release to nurserymen for propagation as new public domain cultivars will be requested in 1st quarter 2014. The some important attributes of one of these selections (tested as MS 282) is firm berries having small scars, very light blue color, and ripening period comparable to that of Powderblue. However berries of this selection are consistently larger than Powderblue. MS 454 is another mid-late season rabvbiteye selection that has consistently been highly productive and has also has very good berry quality characteristics. 'Bluesfest' is a productive new rabbiteye blueberry developed and released by the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). The mid-season ripening rabbiteye blueberry `Powderblue' is currently among the more popular rabbiteye blueberries mostly due to its exceptionally light blue colored fruit that like that of 'Bluesfest', result from the "bloom" or relatively thick natural waxy coating on berry skins. However, the relatively small berries of `Powderblue' may at times sell for less than larger berries of other cultivars. Important attributes of `Bluesfest' include its mid-to-late season ripening period, exceptionally light blue color, and berry size exceeding that of fruit of `Powderblue', an industry standard.
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 2187 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 2187 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 2187 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 2187 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 2187 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 05 Jun 2015. Inventory: CVAC 2187 .001 PL
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