Plants – Fruit – Strawberry
Plant Patent
2001-02-06
2003-01-14
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Fruit
Strawberry
Plant Patent
active
PP013469
ABSTRACT:
BOTANICAL/COMMERCIAL CLASSIFICATION
Fragaria×ananassa Duch.
/Strawberry Plant.
VARIETAL DENOMINATION
cv. ‘Ventana’.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
A new and distinctive short-day type strawberry cultivar designated ‘Ventana’ is provided that resulted from a cross performed in 1996 between advanced selections Cal 93.170-606 (non-patented in the United States) and Cal 92.35-601 (non-patented in the United States). The cultivar is botanically identified as
Fragaria×ananassa Duch.
The parentage of the new cultivar can be summarized as follows:
Cal 93.170-606×Cal 92.35-601.
‘Ventana’ was first fruited at the University of California, South Coast Research and Extension Center near Irvine, Calif., U.S.A., in 1997, where it was selected, was originally designated Cal 96.42-601, and was propagated asexually by runners. The characteristics of the new cultivar have been found to be fully transmissible by such asexual propagation. Following selection and during testing the plant was designated ‘C216’, and subsequently has been named ‘Ventana’ for introduction. Asexual propagules from this original source have been tested in the Watsonville Strawberry Research Facility, the South Coast Research and Extension Center of the University of California, and to a limited extent in grower test fields starting in 1998.
The new ‘Ventana’ cultivar can be readily distinguished from its ancestors. For instance, the new cultivar displays different fruit appearance and fruit quality traits. The red coloration of the ‘Ventana’ fruit is intermediate that of its parents and is even throughout the fruit surface with a very high gloss. The fruit of Cal 93.170-606 is very dark and the external coloration frequently is uneven and mottled across the surface. The fruit of Cal 92.35-601 is light colored, frequently bears a white shoulder, and is generally lacking a shine. The ‘Ventana’ fruit bears a flattened conic configuration with rather angular straight sides, a solid core, and seeds that are commonly even with the fruit surface. The fruit of Cal 97.170-606 commonly bears indented seeds, and a shortened conic or wedge shape. The fruit of Cal 92.35-601 commonly bears partially extruded seeds, has a hollow care, and has edges that curve to a point.
It was found that the new cultivar of the present invention exhibits the following combination of characteristics:
(a) Exhibits a large, erect and open growth habit,
(b) Typically forms attractive pointed symmetrical-conic bright light red fruit of good quality and in a good yield, and
(c) Forms flat to very concave leaflets having semi-pointed to pointed serrations.
Larson Kirk D.
Shaw Douglas V.
Burns Doane , Swecker, Mathis LLP
Campell Bruce R.
Kizilkaya Michelle
The Regents of the University of California
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