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Details for: PI 554984,
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton, 'Pilgrim'
Summary
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Pilgrim'
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
25 Sep 1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton
Cultivar:
'Pilgrim'
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
25 Sep 1985
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1961.
New Jersey, United States
Comment:
Crossed in 1930, introducted in 1961, selected by F. B. Chandler and I. E. Demoranville at East Wareham, Mass.
Developer(s):
Bain, H.F.
Chandler, F.B.
Demoranville, I.E.
Donated
25 September 1985.
New Jersey, United States
Comment:
From D. Brooks to Marucci at Rutgers, cuttings to NCGR- Corvallis
Donor(s):
Marucci, Phillip, Rutgers University
Accession Group(s)
Group name: VACCINIUM: Cranberry
Note:
Vaccinium macrocarpon representatives
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VACCINIUM: Cranberry
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Pilgrim'
Type: Cultivar name
Group: CRANBERRY
F. B. Chandler and I. E. Demoranville cultivar release cross made by H. F. Bain in 1930 selected and introduced in 1961
Demoranville, I.E.
Mass. 17
Type: Developer identifier
Group: CRANBERRY
Mass-17
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: CRANBERRY
DUPL=106
Type: Site identifier
Group: OTHERNUM
other identifier
CVAC 106
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number
CVAC 498
Type: Inventory
Narrative
Resistant to leafhopper, round, late-ripening. Resistant to false blossom Fruit: large with cup count 43-66; long oval; skin purplish-red with yellow undercolor, bloom present; keeping quality good; fruit rot no more than Early Black or Howes; ripens late. Bush: prolific bearer, greater than Early Black or Howes, particularly on peat bottom land; medium number of runners; upright medium to long; resistant to feeding by the leafhopper that spreads false blossom virus. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. p. 232.
F. B. Chandler and I. E. Demoranville cultivar release cross made by H. F. Bain in 1930 selected and introduced in 1961
Cultivar Synonym= Tested as Mass-17 at East Wareham
WHY NAMED= late ripening, prolific fruiting
NAMED FOR= the Pilgrims that landed in Massachusetts
Vaccinium macrocarpon
Aiton
Genus:
Vaccinium
Section:
Oxycoccus
Family:
Ericaceae
Subfamily:
Vaccinioideae
Tribe:
Vaccinieae
Nomen number:
41030
Place of publication:
Hort. kew. 2:13, t. 7. 1789
Verified:
01/14/2010
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Oxycoccus macrocarpos
(Aiton) Pursh
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
American cranberry
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
cranberry
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
large cranberry
1
Vander Kloet, S. P.
1996.
Vaccinium
. In: J. L. Luteyn et al., Ericaceae of the southeastern United States. Castanea 61:138.
French
canneberge à gros fruits
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
French
ronce d'Amérique
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
große Moosbeere
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Kranbeere
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
arándano americano
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
arándano trepador
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
amerikanskt tranbär
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Pedigree
Female accession:
PI 554993
Male accession:
PI 614075
Description:
Prolific x McFarlin
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
GROWTH
GROWTH UPRIGHT
UPRIGHT GROWTH IN CENTIMETERS
7
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
CUP COUNT
THE NUMBER OF BERRIES PER CUP
53
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FRUIT WEIGHT
FRUIT WEIGHT IN GRAMS
2
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
FLOWERS UPRIGHT
NUMBER OF UPRIGHT FLOWERS
5
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
MORPHOLOGY
BERRIES UPRIGHT
NUMBER OF UPRIGHT BERRIES
1
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
PRODUCTION
YIELD PER ACRE
YIELD PER ACRE
0.38
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
PRODUCTION
FRUIT SET
PERCENT FRUIT SET
25
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available
PRODUCTION
REPEAT BLOOM
PERCENT REPEAT BLOOM
48
VACCINIUM.MADISON.88
Not Available