Blueberry plant named ‘Sapphire’

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1998-10-19

2001-04-03

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

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PP011829

ABSTRACT:

ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY
‘Sapphire’ was selected as a seedling from a cross made in Gainesville in 1980. The parents, which were unnamed, unpatented varieties, were advanced-generation selections from the University of Florida recurrent selection program, in which the large fruit size, high fruit quality, and short flowering-to-ripening interval of northern highbush cultivars from Michigan and New Jersey were being combined with the low chill requirement, summer heat tolerance, and other southern-adaptation features of the native Florida species,
Vaccinium darrowi.
‘Sapphire’ was selected as a seedling in a high-density nursery in May 1982 and as a spaced plant in the second-evaluation plots in May 1984 to establish an 8-plant plot at the University of Florida Horticultural Unit in Gainesville. These ramets were planted in the field in January 1986 and have been observed annually since 1987. A small plot of rooted cuttings was also planted in a test plot in Sebring, Fla. in 1989, and 500 additional plants of Sapphire were planted in the field in Sebring in 1991. ‘Sapphire’ was selected because of superior fruit quality, consistent yielding, and early ripening in Sebring and in Gainesville in multiple-year comparisons with other southern highbush cultivars.
ASEXUAL PROPAGATION OF THE VARIETY
‘Sapphire’ has been propagated by rooting softwood cuttings under mist on numerous occasions in Gainesville, Fla. (Alachua County). In every case, all resulting plants have displayed the characteristics of the variety.


REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 10675 (1998-11-01), Lyrene

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