Plants – Fruit – Strawberry
Plant Patent
2000-05-01
2004-04-27
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Fruit
Strawberry
Plant Patent
active
PP014739
ABSTRACT:
Botanical designation:
Fragaria×ananassa
Duchesne.
BACKGROUND OF THE NEW VARIETY
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry (
Fragaria×ananassa
Duchesne) plant which is named ‘Strawberry Festival’ and more particularly to a strawberry plant that is distinguished by its production of fruit that are flavorful, firm fleshed, deep red on the outside, bright red on the inside, conically shaped, and have large, showy calyces. Asexual propagation was performed at Dover, Fla. where the selection was made and plants were tested. Contrast is made to ‘Sweet Charlie’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,729) and ‘Camarosa’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,708), standard varieties, for reliable description. This new variety is a promising candidate for commercial success in that it will provide Florida growers with a variety that produces fruit that are attractive and flavorful, and maintains these qualities during and after long-distance shipment.
ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY
This strawberry plant (genotype) originated as a single plant in a strawberry breeding plot at Dover, Fla. The seed parent was ‘Rosa Linda’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,866), a strawberry variety with a desirable fruit shape and high early season yield potential. The pollen parent was ‘Oso Grande’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,578), a variety that can produce large, firm fiuit. The seeds resulting from the controlled hybridization were germinated in a greenhouse and the resulting seedlings were planted and allowed to produce daughter plants by asexual propagation (i.e. by runners). Two daughter plants were asexually reproduced from each seedling and were transplanted to raised beds, where they fruited. ‘Strawberry Festival’ strawberry was selected for further evaluation. ‘Strawberry Festival’ was selected from among.248 sibling genotypes as the 41st selection of the 1995-96 season, and thus was designated FL 95-41. It has been asexually propagated by runners, annually, and further test plantings have established that the vegetative and fruit characteristics of the propagules are identical to the initial two daughter plants.
SUMMARY THE VARIETY
‘Strawberry Festival’, when grown in a subtropical fall and winter climate, is set apart from all other strawberry plants by a combination of the following characteristics: vigorous plant that has a tendency to produce numerous runners in the fruiting field; long pedicels (Pedicels attached to mature primary fruit are 188 to 240 mm long.); fruit that are deep red on the outside, bright red on the inside, conically shaped, and have large, showy calyces.
Campell Bruce R.
Florida Foundation Seed Producers Inc.
Haas W C
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