| 0 | PI 686957 | 'Dunphy' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR | | Not Available | 2018 | DEVELOPED | 1911 | | | | | Cultivar | Original elite clone from Whitesbog, New Jersey; Named in 1911 by Elizabeth C. White for her worker, Theodore Dunphy, who found this elite clone growing on the New Jersy Pine Barrens in the Whitesbog region. This clone is sometimes called 'Dunfee'. This bush was one of 6 varieties that Elizabeth White stated in 1927 in 'Success magazine'
"For a long time we had very poor luck with propagation; only about 10% of the plants lived. Finally we narrowed down to six varieties which seemed in every way suitable for commercial production: Rubel, Harding, Sam, Grover, Adams, and Dunfee (sic.)"
Miss White's helpers searched for blueberris upon her request. These searchers were organized under either Jake Sooy or Alfred Stevenson and the men were equipped with labels, bottles containing the preservative formalin, and an aluminum gauge with a 5/8-inch diameter hole. If a bush featured at least one berry of this size or larger, it was deemed a good candidate for cultivation. For their efforts, these workers were offered '2.00 per bush plus compensation for the time required to locate the plants and bring them to Whitesbog. In addition, the finders enjoyed the distinction of having the bushes they found named after them. | 1957939 | PI 686957 |
| 1 | PI 686958 | 'Katharine' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR | | Not Available | 2018 | DEVELOPED | 1912 | | | | | Cultivar | Original elite clone from Whitesbog, New Jersey | 1957940 | PI 686958 |
| 2 | PI 686960 | 'Sam' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR | | Not Available | 2018 | DEVELOPED | 1912 | | | | | Cultivar | Original elite clone from Whitesbog, New Jersey; Elizabeth White recalled in 1953:
In getting the early bushes, I tried to name every bush after the finder…and so I had the Adams bush found by Jim Adams, the Harding bush that was found by Ralph Harding, and the Dunphy bush that was found by Theodore Dunphy. When Sam Lemmon found a bush, I could not name it the Lemmon bush so I called it the Sam.
Elizabeth White article in Success magazine in 1927:
Next we cut up the bushes into pieces, sometimes as many as a hundred pieces to a bush. These were planted under glass in carefully prepared propagating beds. But for a long time we had very poor luck with propagation; only about 10% of the plants lived. Finally, we narrowed down to six varieties which seemed in every way suitable for commercial production, Rubel, Harding, Sam, Grover, Adams & Dunfee (sic). | 1957942 | PI 686960 |
| 3 | PI 554831 | 'Harding' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR | | Not Available | 1981 | DEVELOPED | 1911 | | | | | Cultivar | Fredrick V. Coville, Principal Botanist, Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, 1937. Improving the Wild Blueberry. Yearbook of Agriculture. USDA. Govt. Printing Office. Washington, D.C. p. 569[In the Wareham description Coville mentions about Harding. Harding is one of the parents of Wareham]Ralph Harding discovered a wild New Jersey highbush blueberry.
Frederick V. Coville cultivar release discovered by Ralph Harding introduced in 1911
NAMED FOR= Ralph Harding, who discovered the plant in NJ | 1449803 | PI 554831 |
| 4 | PI 554804 | 'Grover' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR |  | Not Available | 1980 | COLLECTED | 1911 | | | | | Cultivar | Discovered by Russell Grover of New Jersey. This was the parent of Jersey and was used in Frederick V. Coville's breeding program from 1910 - 1920.
Discovered by Russell Grover used by Frederick Coville in his breeding program parent of 'Jersey'
NAMED FOR= Mr. Russell Grover of New Jersey | 1449776 | PI 554804 |
| 5 | PI 554815 | 'Pioneer' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR | | Not Available | 1980 | DEVELOPED | 1920 | | | | | Cultivar | Introd. in 1920. Fruit: small; skin dark blue; flesh firm; flavor pronounced; scar medium to poor; ripens midseason. Bush: medium vigor; spreading. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 185.First improved variety from breeding. Midseason, high flavor Fredrick V. Coville. Principle Botanist, Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry. 1939. Improving the wild blueberry. Yearbook of Agriculture. USDA. Govt. Printing Office. Washington, D.C. p. 568.'Pioneer was so designated because it was the first named variety developed as a result of blueberry breeding. It was a first-generation cross between the wild highbush blueberries Brooks and Sooy, made in 1912. like all the improved varieties not otherwise described, its leaves have no teeth on their margins. Its berries are of light blue color, sweet, of excellent flavor, and when fully ripe are without acidity. The largest berry on the original bush was 18.5 mm in diameter. Young Pioneer plants in commercial fields have borne berries up to 19.7 mm. Pioneer is a mid-season variety. '
Frederick V. Coville cultivar release first generation cross between wild highbush blueberries Cross made in 1912, released in 1920
NAMED FOR= Coville's first release from is breeding program | 1449787 | PI 554815 |
| 6 | PI 554817 | 'Rubel' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR |  | Not Available | 1980 | DEVELOPED | NEAR 1911 | | | | | Cultivar | Frederick V. Coville. Principal Botanist, Divisiton of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry. 1937. Improving the wild blueberry. Yearbook of Agriculture. USDA Govt. Printing Office. Washington, D. C. p 569-570.Rubel was '...a wild blueberry form the pine barrens of New Jersey . This is, in form, the German spelling of the name of the old Russian coin, the rouble. The name of the blueberry variety, Rubel, however, is of neither German nor Russian derivation. The man who discovered this bush was Rube Leek. Rube did not seem an expressive name for a berry that was blue and beautiful, and Leek was suggestive of a flavor that the berry did not possess. Rubel was a compromise, made up of Mr. Leek's first name and the initial of his last. 'Late season. Upright bush of medium vigor Very consistent producer of quite small fruit with intense flavor and colorAfter almost 90 years of intensive breeding to make blueberries larger, lighter blue and thicker skinned we re-introduce Rubel, one of the first blueberry selections to be named. Despite the hundreds of new varieties released since 1912, this wild selection continues to be grown in many areas. Rubel offers consistent yields of small fruit borne on loose clusters, perfect for machine harvest. Rubel is well liked by processors because of its clean harvest, uniformly dark color, and low stem count. Food manufactures covet the small fruit as one of the best for muffins, yogurts, and dried products. Our newly released Rubel was carefully selected from a high producing, vigorous bush, thoroughly tested for viruses and phytoplasmas, and then tissue cultured for uniformity and vigor. We are very pleased with the results.Of additional interest to growers is Rubel's extremely high content of antioxidants, compounds that have been identified as playing a major part in improving eyesight, lowering cholesterol levels, and preventing cancer. We feel this recent research will open new markets for blueberries in general and Rubel in particular. We recommend Rubel for growers looking to mechanically harvest yet diversify their product base.
Rube Leek was the discoverer Frederick Coville named it for Rube's first name and last initial - he didn't think that Rube or Leek was appropriate alone so he called the plant Rubel
WHY NAMED= Cultivar name from first name and last initial of Mr. Leek
NAMED FOR= Mr. Rube Leek, of Chatsworth, New Jersey | 1449789 | PI 554817 |
| 7 | PI 554818 | 'Scammell' | Vaccinium corymbosum L. | New Jersey, United States | COR |  | Not Available | 1980 | DEVELOPED | 1931 | | | | | Cultivar | Cross made in 1915. Fruit: cluster tight, long; berry size medium; ripens midseason. Bush: productive, especially in North Carolina; resistant to canker. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties. 1997. ASHS Press. p. 186.Fredrick V. Coville, Principal Botanist, Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction, Bureau of Plant Industry, 1937. Improving the Wild Blueberry. Yearbook of Agriculture. USDA. Govt. Printing Office. Washington, D.C. p. 569'The Scammell blueberry is named for H. B. Scammell, of Toms River, N. J., who first showed how good are the qualities of this berry under field conditions. One of the parents of the Scammell was a cross between the wild blueberries Brooks and Chatsworth. This Brooks-Chatsworth parent, which was never planted in the field, was recorded in the greenhouse in Washington as having 'Berries of delicious taste, sweet, slightly acid and of pronounced flavor.' This plant was pollinated with Rubel pollen in 1915 and the Scammell blueberry was one of the resulting seedlings. In the field the original bush of Scammell bore berries up to a diameter of 20.5 mm. On budded plants in the greenhouse in Washington they reached more than 22 mm. The berries have a medium blue color, firm texture and a small scar, and the calyx is almost wanting. The leaves are smaller than on most varieties of highbush ancestry, commonly 1.5 to 2 inches in length and five-eighths to three-quarters of an inch in width. The berries are sweet, subacid and have a high degree of flavor. They ripen in late midseason. Among New Jersey growers there has been little planing of this variety, apparently from doubt regarding its vegetative vigor. In North Carolina, However, at Double Trouble Company's blueberry plantation near magnolia, it is regarded as one of their best varieties.'
Frederick V. Coville cultivar release cross made in 1915, introduced in 1931
NAMED FOR= H. B. Scammell of Toms River NJ | 1449790 | PI 554818 |