Plants – Fruit – Strawberry
Plant Patent
1999-10-12
2002-04-23
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Fruit
Strawberry
Plant Patent
active
PP012577
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The new variety originated as a result of a controlled cross between the strawberry plants ‘9A264’ (unpatented variety) and ‘Balboa’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 9,130) in an ongoing breeding program, and was discovered as a seedling in a controlled breeding plot, in Ventura County, Calif. in February 1996. The original seedling of the new cultivar was asexually propagated by stolons in McArthur, Shasta County, Calif. ‘Canterbury’ was subsequently asexually propagated and underwent further testing in Ventura County, Calif. for three years. This propagation and testing has demonstrated that the combination of traits disclosed herein which characterize the new variety are fixed and retained true to type through successive generations of asexual reproduction.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Canterbury’. The variety is botanically identified as
Fragaria×ananassa
. The new variety is distinguished from other varieties by a number of characteristics as set forth in Tables 1-6.
COMPARISON TO SIMILAR VARIETIES
The varieties which we believe to be similar to ‘Canterbury’ from those known to us are ‘Coronado’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,221) and ‘San Miguel’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,642). There are several characteristics of the new variety that are different from, or not possessed by ‘Coronado’ and ‘San Miguel’. The new variety has an upright to globose habit, very strong plant vigor, high density, obtuse shape of the terminal leaflet base, medium to dense petiole pubescence, its inflorescence positioned level with the leaves, very slight to slight difference in the shapes of the primary and secondary fruits, absent or very weak unevenness of surface, strong sweetness, and fine texture when tasted.
Amorao Amado Q.
Sjulin Thomas M.
Solis, Jr. Arnoldo
Campell Bruce R.
Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc.
Kizilkaya Michelle
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