USPP19381P2 - Southern highbrush blueberry plant named ‘FLX-2’ - Google Patents
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Description
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- 1. A very low chilling requirement;
- 2. Leaves that are evergreen to semi-evergreen and are smaller than typical southern highbush with a striking blue-green color; and
- 3. Flowering early in the spring to produce medium sized, light-blue colored berries with excellent flavor and texture
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- Family.—Ericaceae.
- Botanical.—Vaccinium corymbosum L.
- Common name.—Southern Highbush Blueberry.
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- Parentage:
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- Female parent.—‘FL 92-9’, a proprietary southern highbush blueberry plant (unpatented).
- Male parent.—‘Sunshineblue’ a southern highbush blueberry plant (unpatented).
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- Market class: ‘FLX-2’ produces an attractive patio plant with a medium yield of high quality berries; it is not intended to be planted for commercial berry production
- Plant:
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- General.—Bush characteristics were taken from a plot of twenty 9.5 year-old-plants growing in a test plot in a commercial field near Windsor in northeast Florida.
- Plant height.—1.6 cm.
- Canopy (diameter measured at widest part of the bush).—1.7 m.
- Plant vigor.—High; more vigorous and faster growing than ‘Sunshineblue’.
- Growth habit.—Between upright and spreading.
- Flower bud density (number) along flowering twigs in January.—High.
- Twigginess.—Medium to high.
- Tendency toward evergreenness.—High.
- Chilling requirement.—200 to 300 hours below 7°.
- Cold hardiness.—Flowers and fruit are hardy to −3° C., the plant is hardy to −15° C. during winter dormancy.
- Productivity.—In northeast Florida, ‘FLX-2’ produces 3 to 5 pounds of berries per bush on plants 3 years old or older.
- Ease of propagation.—‘FLX-2’ is easy to propagate from softwood cuttings; the plant survive and grow well in nursery beds.
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- Trunk and branches:
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- Suckering tendency.—Medium to high; nine-year-old plants have an average of 15 majors canes rising from a crown 30 cm in diameter.
- Surface texture (or strong, 6-month-old shoots observed in August).—Smooth.
- Surface texture (of strong, 1-year-old wood observed in August).—Rough except smooth in areas where the bark has recently exfoliated.
- Surface texture (of 3-year-old and older wood).—Smooth, but vertical cracks developing on older wood produce a rough surface.
- Color of new twigs observed in August in the field.—“Pale Star”, Pantone 12-0626.
- Color of 1-year-old, rough bark observed in August.—“Smoke Gray”, Pantone 14-1209.
- Color of 3-year-old rough-textured canes.—“Moonlight”, Pantone 15-1309.
- Internode length on medium, upright shoots measured in August.—0.9 cm.
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- Leaves:
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- Length, mean (including petiole, from tip of petiole to end of blade).—4.7 cm.
- Width, means (at widest point).—2.5 cm.
- Shape.—Ovate, terminating in a very short dew tip, 0.03 cm long which is visible at 15X under a microscope.
- Margin.—Minutely serrate along the petiolar half of the leaf blades; otherwise entire.
- Color.—Upper surface: “Silver Green”, Pantone 12-6204. Lower surface: “Fog Green”, Pantone 13-0210.
- Pubescence on upper surface of leaves.—Absent.
- Pubescence on the lower surface of leaves.—Absent.
- Pubescence on margins.—Absent.
- Relative time of leading versus flowering.—In commercial fields in North Florida, where it is sprayed with hydrogen cyanomide in midwinter, ‘FLX-2’ normally produces new leaves at the time of flowering.
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- Flowers:
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- Arrangement.—Flowers are arranged alternately along a short, leafless, deciduous branch.
- Fragrance.—Little or none.
- Shape.—Urceolate.
- Flowering period.—Mean date of 50% open flowers in Windsor, Fla. is February 17; averages 10 days before ‘Star’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,675).
- Cluster (tight, medium, loose).—Loose.
- Average number of flowers per cluster.—5.
- Pedicel.—Length at time of anthesis: 0.4 cm. Color: “Periodot”, Pantone 17-0336.
- Peduncle.—Length at time of anthesis: Highly variable; median is 0.6 cm. Color: “Periodot”, Pantone 17-0336.
- Calyx.—Cup diameter at anthesis (tip of lobe to tip of opposite lobe): 0.5 cm; calyx lobes are unusually short for a southern highbush blueberry cultivar. Surface texture: Smooth. Color of anthesis: “Peridot”, Pantone 17-0336.
- Corolla.—Length of tube: 0.9 cm. Diameter of tube (at widest point): 0.6 cm to 0.7 cm. Aperture diameter: 0.3 cm. Surface texture: Smooth. Color at anthesis: “Parchment”; Pantone 13-0908. Length (from pedicel attachment point to corolla tip excluding the pedicel): 1.1 cm to 1.2 cm.
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- Reproductive organs:
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- Style length (top of ovary to stigma tip).—0.8 cm.
- Location of tip of stigma relative to lip of the corolla.—Stigma tip is about 0.1 cm inside of the end of the corolla tube; if the style where 0.1 cm longer, the stigma tip would extend just to the outer edge of the corolla tube.
- Pistil color at anthesis.—“Herbal Green”, Pantone 15-0336.
- Pollen.—General: The pollen includes some tetrads in which one or two spores have aborted; although pollen staining appears to be slightly below normal, pollen fertility is not expected to be a problem in commercial fields. Abundance of shed: High. Staining with 2% acetocarmine (a measure of potential pollen fertility): 95%. Color of dried pollen: “Yolk Yellow”, Pantone 14-0846.
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- Self fruitfulness: low; berry size and fruit set are both increased substantially by cross-pollination.
- Fruit:
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- Mean date of first commercial harvest (25% of berries ripe).—April 26.
- Mean date of mid-harvest.—May 2.
- Mean date of last harvest.—May 20.
- Diameter of calyx aperture on mature berry.—0.7 cm.
- Size and shape of calyx lobes on mature berry.—Very small; calyx dish very shallow and wide.
- Pedicel length on ripe berry.—0.5 cm.
- Peduncle length on ripe berry.—Highly variable; 1.0 cm.
- Detachment force for ripe berries.—Medium to low.
- Number of berries per cluster.—5.
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- Berry:
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- Cluster (tight, medium, or loose).—Loose.
- Weight (on well-pruned plants).—2.3 g per berry compared to 1.8 g per berry for ‘Star’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,675).
- Height.—1.4 cm to 1.5 cm.
- Width.—1.5 cm.
- Shape.—Spherical.
- Surface color of mature berries while on the plant.—“Storm Gray”, Pantone 15-4003.
- Surface color of the berries after harvesting and packing.—“Frost Gray”, Pantone 17-0000.
- Surface color of ripe berry after polishing.—“Jet Black”, Pantone 19-0303.
- Internal flesh color of ripe berry.—“Frozen Dew”, Pantone 13-0513.
- Surface wax.—Medium in amount and in persistence during handling of the berry.
- Pedicel scar.—Very small and dry.
- Firmness.—Very high.
- Flavor.—Very sweet and low in acid.
- Texture.—Good; small seeds, very juicy and thin skinned.
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- Seeds:
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- Color of dried seeds.—“Hazel”, Pantone 17-1143.
- Weight of well-developed dried seed.—0.49 mg per seed.
- Length of well-developed dried seed.—0.1 cm.
- Width of well-developed dried seed.—0.1 cm.
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- Resistance to Diseases, Insects and Mites: ‘FLX-2’ has grown vigorously and shows excellent bush survival in the field; has above-average resistance to root rot (Phytophthora cinnamomi) and stem blight (Botryosphaeria dothidia); have shown no signs of cane canker (Botryosphaeria corticis) susceptibility in the field; and fungal leaf spots that are common on highbush blueberries grown in Florida are easily controlled by approved fungicides.
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USPP23325P2 (en) | 2011-09-14 | 2013-01-15 | Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. | Blueberry plant named ‘ZF06-043’ |
USPP23336P2 (en) | 2011-09-14 | 2013-01-22 | Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. | Blueberry plant named ‘ZF06-079’ |
USPP32184P2 (en) | 2019-09-26 | 2020-09-15 | The Conard-Pyle Company | Vaccinium plant named ‘ZF06-089’ |
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USPP23325P2 (en) | 2011-09-14 | 2013-01-15 | Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. | Blueberry plant named ‘ZF06-043’ |
USPP23336P2 (en) | 2011-09-14 | 2013-01-22 | Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. | Blueberry plant named ‘ZF06-079’ |
USPP32184P2 (en) | 2019-09-26 | 2020-09-15 | The Conard-Pyle Company | Vaccinium plant named ‘ZF06-089’ |
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