Details for: PI 554789, Vaccinium corymbosum L., 'Ashworth'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Cultivar:
'Ashworth'
Origin:
Developed – New York, United States
Received by NPGS:
22 Jun 1981
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Cultivar:
'Ashworth'
Origin:
Developed – New York, United States
Received by NPGS:
22 Jun 1981
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed

New York, United States
Comment: Discovered in 1947, released by St. Lawrence Nursery.
Developer(s):
Donated
22 June 1981.
Maine, United States
Comment: Received from Hepler (Maine) to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
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: Northern Highbush
Note: Blueberry cultivars adapted to colder climates
To search for accessions in this group, click the following link. VACCINIUM: Northern Highbush

Accession Names and Identifiers
'Ashworth'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: BLUEBERRY
Fred L. Ashworth, St. Lawrence Nursery cultivar release NCGR received from the Paul Hepler Collection in Maine
Ashworth, Fred L.

CVAC 3
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Introduced for its good breeding characteristics; not commercial. Discovered in 1947 as a wild highbush blueberry plant; named by U. S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, MD. Fruit: small, its chief disadvantage; ripens early. Bush: a pure tetraploid transmits hardiness, reported to have borne fruit after temperatures as low as -50F; resistant to frost injury during bloom time; used extensively as a parent in the USDA breeding program at Beltsville, MD. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 174

Fred L. Ashworth, St. Lawrence Nursery cultivar release NCGR received from the Paul Hepler Collection in Maine

WHY NAMED= very cold hardy

NAMED FOR= Fred L. Ashworth, pioneering amateur plant breeder
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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Pathogens
Elisa test
  • Blueberry Scorch Carlavirus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 3 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shock Ilarvirus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 3 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Leaf Mottle Nepovirus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 3 .001 PL
  • Blueberry Shoestring Virus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 3 .001 PL
  • TOMRSV rep. 1 (Elisa). NEGATIVE 15 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 3 .001 PL
  • Tobacco Ringspot Virus. NEGATIVE 15 May 2015. Inventory: CVAC 3 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
selection of V. corymbosum from wild in Lisbon, NY

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
GENSTOCKVACCINIUM CORE SUBSETA flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subsetYES VACCINIUM.CORE.1998 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST BLOOMJULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM81 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFULL BLOOMJULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM94 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
PHENOLOGYFIRST RIPEJULIAN DATE OF FIRST RIPE FRUIT177 VACCINIUM.CORVALL.90 Not Available
Genotype Data
Poly TypeMarkerValueEvaluationStudy TypeInventory
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:1602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITECA23a157:1602019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a206:2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C179a206:2212019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a246:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEKAN-262a246:2632019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a3042019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITENA172a3042019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:3272019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001 PL
MICROSATELLITEPr031818819a315:3272019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001_F PL
MICROSATELLITEGVC-C571120:123:1262019 10-SSR BlueberryFINGERPRNTCVAC 3 .001 PL