Plants – Fruit – Bramble
Plant Patent
2002-11-27
2004-06-01
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Fruit
Bramble
Plant Patent
active
PP014860
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: The variety is botanically identified as
Rubus idaeus L.
1. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The new cultivar of raspberry plant was developed from the hybridization of the selection ‘Tola’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,087) as the seed parent with the selection ‘Isabel’ (an unpatented variety) as the pollen parent. The parents were crossed in 1996; whereafter fruit and seed were collected to produce seedlings for field planting in Oxnard, Calif. in 1997. The new cultivar was selected from these seedlings in 1997 for its excellent fruit size and flavor. The new cultivar has been asexually propagated by in vitro shoot tip culture, root sucker division and root cuttings at the Cassin Ranch in Santa Cruz county, Calif. and has been shown to maintain the desired and distinguishing characteristics after propagation over several generations.
2. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a new and distinct cultivar of red raspberry plant named ‘Driscoll Francesca’. The cultivar is botanically identified as
Rubus idaeus L
. The ‘Driscoll Francesca’ red raspberry plant produces a primocane crop which begins in mid-July and continues until mid October. The floricane crop begins in mid-May and continues until late July. Both the primocane and floricane yields are high relative to other comparable varieties. The fruit of ‘Driscoll Francesca’ is notably quite firm and very consistent with regard to its size and shape throughout its harvest period and has good flavor. The fruit of ‘Driscoll Francesca’ separates easily from its receptacle.
Cook Fred M.
Fear Carlos D.
Harrison Richard E.
Sills Gavin
Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc.
Grunberg Anne Marie
McCormick-Ewoldt Susan B.
Pennie & Edmonds LLP
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