Plants – Rose – Climber
Plant Patent
1998-10-19
2001-03-13
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Rose
Climber
Plant Patent
active
PP011807
ABSTRACT:
ORIGIN OF THE VARIETY
‘Jewel’ was selected as a seedling from a cross-made in Gainesville in 1988. The parents were advanced-generation selections from a recurrent selection program in which the large fruit size, high fruit quality, and short flowering-to-ripening interval of northern highbush cultivars from Michigan and New Jersey were being combined with the low chill requirement, summer heat tolerance, and other southern adaptation features of the native Florida species,
Vaccinium darrowi
. ‘Jewel’ was selected as a seedling in a high-density nursery in May 1990 and as a spaced plant in the second-evaluation plots in May 1992. The principal selection criteria were large fruit, high fruit quality, early ripening, and strong, leafy bush. Cuttings were taken in the summer of 1992 to establish an 8-plant plot at the University of Florida Horticultural Unit in Gainesville. These ramets were planted in the field in January 1994 and were observed annually during the flowering and fruiting seasons from 1995 through 1998. A 20-plant plot of ‘Jewel’ was established at Windsor in north-central Florida in January 1997 and was observed during the fruiting seasons of 1997 and 1998. Twenty plants of ‘Jewel’ were grown in pots of peat in a greenhouse in Gainesville and assessed for the ability to set fruit with self-pollination. ‘Jewel’ was selected after comparison with many other test selections because of its low chilling requirement, heavy flowering, and high fruit quality.
ASEXUAL PROPAGATION OF THE VARIETY
‘Jewel’ has been propagated by softwood cuttings on numerous occasions in Gainesville, Fla. (Alachua County). In every case, all resulting plants have displayed the characteristics of the variety.
REFERENCES:
patent: P.P. 11033 (1999-08-01), Lyrene
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Campell Bruce R.
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