Details for: PI 554708, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Black Giant'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Black Giant'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Black Giant'
Origin:
Developed – Florida, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 May 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1920.
Florida, United States
Comment: Introduced in 1920
Developer(s):
Donated
26 May 1983.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Received from Max Austin in Georgia to NCGR-Corvallis
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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Group name: VACCINIUM:TRUETOTYPE
Note: True to Type confirmed by Genetic and Morphological techniques
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Accession Names and Identifiers
'Black Giant'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
W. B. Sapp, Mr. Moses A. Sapp's son, selected this cultivar in Crestview, Florida This cultivar was a selection from the wild.
Sapp, M.A.

CVAC 243
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: one of the largest of the wild selections; skin black; flesh soft; flavor good. Bush: extremely vigorous; about 15 ft high x 15 ft wide. No longer propagated. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 175. W. B. Sapp, who selected this cultivar, was Mr. Moses A. Sapp's son. Moses was a logging contractor for a northeast Florida sawmill, and was the first to start commercial production of rabbiteye blueberries near Crestview, Florda in 1887. The fields that he established were productive for more than 35 years. Black Giant was planted in 1937 at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA. This cultivar was a parent of 'Callaway' 'Coastal' and 'Homebell'. - Max E. Austin. 1994. Rabbiteye Blueberries. Agscience, Inc., Auburndale, FL. p. 2.

W. B. Sapp, Mr. Moses A. Sapp's son, selected this cultivar in Crestview, Florida This cultivar was a selection from the wild.

WHY NAMED= named by Moses Sapp's son, W. B. Sapp

NAMED FOR= large black fruit
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.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 10 Jun 1992, from Vaccinium ashei J. M. Reade to Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
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Pathogens
Elisa test
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 243 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 243 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 243 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 243 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 243 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 243 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Selection from wild V. ashei from Northwest Florida

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
GENSTOCKTRUE TO TYPEConfirmation of cultivar identity based on pedigree analysis (parents and or offspring) using molecular markers YES 2019 10-SSR BlueberryCVAC 243 .001 PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF COLORAUTUMN FOLIAGE COLORG - GREEN VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT228 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
STRESSMAX MID-WINTER COLD HARDINESSMID-WINTER HARDINESS,SUSTAINED MINIMUM LT50 IN DEGREES CELCIUS, OBSERVED IN BLUEBERRY CULTIVARS-15 VACCINIUM.COLDHARDY.NEWJERSEY.2006 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624100:103:1062019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_04624103:1062019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f031802019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1862019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398219:223:2312019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA398227:231:2342019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:257:2602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:254:257:260:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:313:315:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:317:3192019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a295:304:307:3102019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a240:251:254:2662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a251:254:257:2842019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a212:216:221:235:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a216:221:233:2372019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:163:166:1692019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 243 .001_F PL