Strawberry plant named ‘Marathon’

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1999-09-15

2002-07-30

Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)

Plants

Fruit

Strawberry

Plant Patent

active

PP012817

ABSTRACT:

1. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The new variety originated as a result of a controlled cross between the strawberry plants ‘Key Largo’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,649) and ‘L3’ (unpatented proprietary) in an ongoing breeding program, and was discovered as a seedling in a controlled breeding plot. The original seedling of the new cultivar was asexually propagated by stolons in Shasta County, Calif. Propagules were transplanted to a controlled breeding plot in Valrico, Hillsborough County, Fla. where the new cultivar first fruited in December 1994 and was selected for further evaluation. ‘Marathon’ was subsequently asexually propagated and underwent further testing in the area of Valrico, Fla. from 1995-1999. 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 as asexual reproduction.
2. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named ‘Marathon’. 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, 2 and 3.
3. COMPARISON TO CLOSEST VARIETIES
The varieties which we believe to be closest to ‘Marathon’ from those known to us are ‘Key Largo’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,649), ‘Captiva’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,277, allowed) and ‘Mirador’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,279, allowed). There are several characteristics of ‘Marathon’ that are different from, or not possessed by ‘Key Largo’, ‘Captiva’ or ‘Mirador’. Table 1 provides information on the plant and fruit characteristics of the new variety ‘Marathon’ compared with characteristics of ‘Key Largo’, ‘Captiva’ and ‘Mirador’. Table 2 provides additional information of the plant and fruit characteristics of the new variety ‘Marathon’ compared with characteristics of the varieties ‘Captiva’, ‘Key Largo’ and ‘Mirador’. Table 3 provides isozyme characteristics of the new variety as compared to the varieties ‘Key Largo’, ‘Captiva’ and ‘Mirador’.

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