Plants – Fruit – Strawberry
Plant Patent
2003-11-25
2004-09-14
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Fruit
Strawberry
Plant Patent
active
PP015145
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: The variety is botanically identified as
Fragaria×ananassa.
1. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The new variety originated as a result of a controlled cross between the strawberry plants ‘62A313’ (unpatented) and ‘San Juan’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,899) in an ongoing breeding program, and was discovered as a seedling in Monterey Country, Calif. in 1999. The original seedling of the new cultivar was asexually propagated by stolons in a Shasta County, Calif. Propagules were transplanted to a controlled breeding plot in Monterey Country, Calif., where the variety was identified and selected for further evaluation. 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.
2. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Driscoll Lanai’. The new variety is distinguished from other varieties by a number of characteristics as set forth in Tables 1-4.
3. COMPARISON TO SIMILAR VARIETIES
The varieties which we believe to be similar to ‘Driscoll Lanai’ from those known to us are ‘San Juan’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 12,899) and ‘Ana Maria’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,035). There are several characteristics of the new variety that are different from, or not possessed by ‘San Juan’ and ‘Ana Maria’. The new variety is distinguished from ‘San Juan’ and ‘Ana Maria’ by having, for example, a bract frequency that is 80% typically paired, an orange-red external fruit color, an average of 300 achenes per fruit, a flat habit, dense stolon pubescence, a small size of calyx in relation to fruit on secondary fruit, a medium fruit flesh firmness, and moderately resistant to Verticillium wilt. Parent variety ‘62A313’ was not available for side-by side comparison. ‘Driscoll Lanai’ differs from ‘62A313’ by having better shipability and rounder berry shape. A comparison between ‘Driscoll Lanai’ and parent variety ‘San Juan’ can be found in Tables 1-4 below.
Coss JoAnne
Kodama Larry T.
Mowrey Bruce D.
Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Jones Day
Para Annette H
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