Details for: PI 698276, Vaccinium corymbosum L., Nelson

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Top Name:

Nelson

Origin:

Developed – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

01 Sep 2020

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

Plant

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Top Name:

Nelson

Origin:

Developed – Maryland, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

01 Sep 2020

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

Plant

Source History

Developed

1988.
Maryland, United States

Developer(s):

Draper, Arlen D.

Donated

01 September 2020.
New Jersey, United States
Comment: In 2020, this accession was re-requested from USDA in New Jersey (Mark Ehlenfeldt) to replace an incorrectly labeled plant, PI 618100 CVAC 1115 which was discontinued.
Donor(s):

Ehlenfeldt, Mark, USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

Nelson

Type: Site identifier

Group: CULTIVAR

Arlen D. Draper and D. H. Scott cultivar release originated in 1965; introduced in 1988 tested by N. Vorsa, G. Jelenkovic, and G. J. Galletta

G-351

Type: Developer identifier

Group: OTHERNUM

other identifier

Draper, Arlen D.

CVAC 2388

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

PI 698276

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Fruit: light blue; firm; high quality; late-ripening. Bush: vigorous; productive. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 184.Late midseason. Vigorous upright bush, berries very large, similar to Spartan. Fruit quality excellent with exceptional flavorNelson was released to help fill the need for a quality variety that would ripen after Bluecrop and be more adaptable than Berkeley. Nelson was selected from crosses of Bluecrop and Berkeley in 1965 and has been evaluated in New Jersey and Michigan. Yields have been quite high. Initial tests show Nelson to be tolerant of cold winter temperatures. Mechanical harvesting suitability medium.

Arlen D. Draper and D. H. Scott cultivar release originated in 1965; introduced in 1988 tested by N. Vorsa, G. Jelenkovic, and G. J. Galletta in Weymouth, New Jersey

Vaccinium corymbosum L.

Genus:

Vaccinium

Section:

Cyanococcus

Family:

Ericaceae

Subfamily:

Vaccinioideae

Tribe:

Vaccinieae

Nomen number:

41002

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:350. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

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

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	American blueberry	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	blueberry	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	highbush blueberry	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	swamp blueberry	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
French	airelle d'Amérique	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	bluet en corymbe	2	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
German	amerikanische Blueberry	2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Spanish	arándano americano	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	amerikanskt blåbär	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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