Details for: PI 554715, Vaccinium virgatum Aiton, 'Centurion'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium virgatum Aiton
Cultivar:
'Centurion'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
06 Dec 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:
'Centurion'
Origin:
Developed – North Carolina, United States
Received by NPGS:
06 Dec 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1961.
North Carolina, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1978
Developer(s):
Donated
06 December 1983.
Oregon, United States
Comment: From OSU Lewis Brown Farm to Chandler 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.
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Rabbiteye blueberries

Group name: VACCINIUM:TRUETOTYPE
Note: True to Type confirmed by Genetic and Morphological techniques
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM:TRUETOTYPE

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Centurion'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: RABBITEYE
George M. Darrow cultivar release selected in 1961
Galletta, G. J. USDA, ARS

NC 854
Type: Developer identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier

CVAC 291
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Fruit: using Tifblue as the standard, Centurion is later by 1-2 weeks, better-flavored, darker in fruit color, slightly less firm, and yields as well; Centurion adds one full week or more to the rabbiteye ripening season. Plant: vigorous; productive; should be interplanted with a suitable pollinator variety. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 178.Late midseason. Fruit medium blue, moderately firm, excellent dessert quality. Received as Vaccinium ashei. Centurion (late season) was released from North Carolina in 1978 from a cross of W-4 x 'Callaway' (Ballington 1991). Plants are vigorous, very narrowly upright with limited suckering and have a small crown. Young plants often appear to be poorly anchored and fall over in high winds. It blooms late and the flowers are self-fertile. The chilling requirement is 550-600 hours. Anthesis to 50% ripe fruit is 99 days. Ripening season begins a good week after 'Tifblue' and extends a month or more if hand harvested. Berries are medium in size, medium to dark blue in color with good aromatic flavor. Berry firmness is less than 'Tifblue'. The average seed number is undetermined. Fruit cracking can be a problem with very wet soil conditions during ripening. It is recommended for pick-your-own market where late season is desired.

George M. Darrow cultivar release selected in 1961

Cultivar Synonym= Tested as NC-854
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 291 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 291 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 291 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 291 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 291 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 14 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 291 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
W4 x Callaway

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 291 .001 PLNot Available
INSECTSpotted-wing drosophila OSISpotted-wing drosophila OSI8.2 Stringer, Sampson, and Hummer 2017CVAC 291 .001_F PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYLEAF COLORAUTUMN FOLIAGE COLORG - GREEN VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT228 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:160:163:1662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a209:212:216:221:224:2332019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a209:212:216:221:224:2332019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a246:251:254:2602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a246:251:254:2602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3072019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a304:3072019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:319:3232019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a310:319:3232019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEVCB_C_0462494:103:1062019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C571123:1292019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-V41f03180:1892019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA398227:2312019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C428248:251:254:260:2662019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 291 .001 PL