Details for: PI 686957, Vaccinium corymbosum L., 'Dunfee'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Cultivar:
'Dunfee'
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Received by NPGS:
21 Mar 2018
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Cultivar:
'Dunfee'
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Received by NPGS:
21 Mar 2018
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Shrub
Life Habit:
Shrub
Source History
Developed
1911.
New Jersey, United States
Comment: Originally named by Elizabeth White for Theodore Dunphy;
Developer(s):
Donated
21 March 2018.
New Jersey, United States
Comment: Donated by Mark Ehlenfeldt
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: Heritage
Note: Blueberry cultivars from the early1900s
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Heritage

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Dunphy'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: CULTIVAR
White, Elizabeth

'Dunfee'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: BLUEBERRY

CT fr. 8163-A
Type: Donor identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier
Ehlenfeldt, Mark USDA, ARS

CVAC 2274
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Original elite clone from Whitesbog, New Jersey; Named in 1911 by Elizabeth C. White for her worker, Theodore Dunphy, who found this elite clone growing on the New Jersy Pine Barrens in the Whitesbog region. This clone is sometimes called 'Dunfee'. This bush was one of 6 varieties that Elizabeth White stated in 1927 in 'Success magazine'
"For a long time we had very poor luck with propagation; only about 10% of the plants lived. Finally we narrowed down to six varieties which seemed in every way suitable for commercial production: Rubel, Harding, Sam, Grover, Adams, and Dunfee (sic.)"

Miss White's helpers searched for blueberris upon her request. These searchers were organized under either Jake Sooy or Alfred Stevenson and the men were equipped with labels, bottles containing the preservative formalin, and an aluminum gauge with a 5/8-inch diameter hole. If a bush featured at least one berry of this size or larger, it was deemed a good candidate for cultivation. For their efforts, these workers were offered $2.00 per bush plus compensation for the time required to locate the plants and bring them to Whitesbog. In addition, the finders enjoyed the distinction of having the bushes they found named after them.
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)
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Pedigree
Date released:
1911
Description:
Elite clone of wild blueberry from Pine Barrens in New Jersey