USPP20105P3 - Raspberry plant named ‘Jeanne D'Orleans’ - Google Patents

Abstract

A new and distinct variety of Rubus idaeus L. plant, distinguished by greater fruit size, longer shelf life and fruit quality. The candidate variety also has high Soluble Solids (SS) content and high total of Hydrophobic and Crude antioxidant activities.

Description

Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: Rubus idaeus L.

Variety denomination: ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of raspberry named ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’. The parents of the new and distinct cultivar of the present invention are ‘Chilliwack’ (unpatented) and ‘Meeker’ (unpatented).

The instant plant, ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’, originated from a cross between ‘Chilliwack’ and ‘Meeker’, made in 1994 at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, research centre in Quebec. The new cultivar has been found to undergo asexual propagation at L'Acadie, Quebec, Canada by in vitro tissue culture.

Asexual reproduction of this new variety shows that the foregoing and other characteristics come true to form, are firmly fixed, and are established and transmitted through succeeding asexual propagations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ variety may be distinguished from other raspberry varieties due to the following combination of characteristics: greater fruit size, longer shelf life and fruit quality. The candidate variety also has high Soluble Solids (SS) content and high total of Hydrophobic and Crude antioxidant activities.

The cross was made in 1994 at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, research centre in Quebec. Several characteristics including winter hardiness, yield, fruit size and shelf life have been closely monitored since 1995.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ raspberry is illustrated by the accompanying color photographs, taken when the plants were three years old, in which:

FIG. 1 shows ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ fruit;

FIG. 2 shows the upper surface of a leaf of ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’;

FIG. 3 shows a ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ plant;

FIG. 4 shows a ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ plant in spring; and

FIG. 5 shows a ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ stem with spines.

The colors of an illustration of this type may vary with lighting and other conditions and therefore, color characteristics of this new variety should be determined with reference to the observations described herein, rather than from these illustrations alone.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The original variety and progeny have been observed growing in a cultivated area in Québec, Canada. Certain characteristics of this variety, such as growth and color, may change with changing environmental conditions (e.g., light, temperature, moisture, nutrient availability, or other factors). Color descriptions and other terminology are used in accordance with their ordinary dictionary descriptions, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Color designations are made with reference to The Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S.) Colour Chart. All color characteristics were determined using the 1986 version of the Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S.) Colour charts and measured characteristics were based on ten plan measurements. It should be understood that the colors may vary, depending on factors such as growing and lighting conditions.

• Scientific Name: Rubus idaeus L. ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’.
• Parentage: ‘Meeker’ is the seed/female parent. ‘Chilliwack’ is the pollen/male parent.
• Plant characteristics:
  • • Main fruit bearing type.—Only on previous year's cane in summer.
    • Habit.—Semi-upright.
    • Number of current season's canes observed at the beginning of the second year.—Few.
• Young shoot characteristics: (observed when shoots are 15 cm long).
  • • Very young shoots.—Anthocyanin coloration of apex during rapid growth: absent.
• Cane characteristics: (observed when the cane is about 1 meter to 1.5 meter long).
  • • Time of vegetative bud burst.—Late.
    • Current season canes.—Glaucosity: weak to medium. Anthocyanin coloration: weak. Length of internode: medium. Length of vegetative bud: short.
    • Dormant cane length.—Mean: 113 cm. Range: 64-158 cm. Standard deviation: 34 cm. Number measured: 18.
    • Dormant cane color.—Greyish orange-brown (R.H.S. 199C).
    • Spines.—Density: sparse to medium; spares in central third of 1 year old canes. Size at base: medium. Spine length: medium to long. Spine color: purple (RHS 77A).
• Leaf characteristics: (observed filly developed leaves from middle third of the cane).
  • • Yellow-Green color of upper side.—RHS 144A.
    • Predominant number of leaflets.—Equally three and five.
    • Relief between the veins (rugosity).—Strong to very strong.
    • Relative position of lateral leaflets.—Slightly overlapping.
    • Terminal leaflet length.—Mean: 20.9 cm. Range: 17.4-23.7 cm. Standard deviation: 1.7 cm. Number measured: 10.
    • Terminal leaflet width.—Mean: 19.3 cm. Range: 17.1-21.0 cm. Standard deviation: 1.3 cm. Number measured: 10.
• Flower characteristics:
  • • Time of beginning of flowering on previous year's cane (10% of flowers have opened).—Very late.
    • Pedicel number of spines.—Few to medium.
    • Peduncle.—Anthocyanin coloration: present. Intensity of anthocyanin coloration: strong to very strong.
• Fruit characteristics: Time of beginning of fruit ripening on previous year's cane — when the fruit is most easily removed from the plug: late
  • • Fruiting lateral.—Attitude: erect to semi erect. Length: long.
    • Fruit.—Length: long. Width: broad. Length/width ratio: longer than broad. General shape lateral view: broad conical to conical. Size of single drupe: large. Fruit color: dark red (RHS 53A). Fruit glossiness: weak. Fruit firmness: firm. Adherence to plug: weak to medium.
    • Chilling requirement.—About 900 hours.

Raspberries of ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ were compared to ‘Boyne’ and ‘Killarney’ raspberry varieties, referred to herein as the “reference varieties.” ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ can be readily distinguished from ‘Boyne’ and ‘Killarney’ by the characteristics listed in Table 1. ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ shape is long and conic where as the reference variety's shape is globose. ‘Jeane d'Orléans’ fruit size is very large compared to ‘Boyne’ and ‘Killarney’. ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ glossiness is weak compared to the reference varieties. The shelf life of ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ is significant longer compared to ‘Boyne’ and ‘Killarney’. Soluble Solids and Antioxidants are significant higher compared to the reference varieties.

TABLE I : Comparison of Physical Characteristics of ‘Jeanne d'Orléans’ to Reference Varieties ‘Killarney’ and ‘Boyne’.

	‘Jeanne
	d'Orléans’	‘Killarney’	‘Boyne’

Shape of Fruit	long conic	globose	globose
Size of Fruit	very large	small to	small
		medium
Shelf life	significant
	longer than
	reference
	varieties
Glossiness	weak	Strong	medium
Soluble Solids	Significant
	higher than
	reference
	varieties
Antioxidant	Significant
	higher than
	reference
	Varieties
Number of current	few	medium-many	many
season canes
Anthocyanin	absent	Present	present
coloration of apex of
very young shoots
during rapid growth
Intensity of	absent or weak	weak-medium	weak
Anthocyanin
coloration of apex of
very young shoots
during rapid growth
Time of vegetative bud	late	Early	early
burst
Current season's cane	weak-medium	—	medium
glaucosity
Current season's cane	weak	—	medium
anthocyanin coloration	(when present)		(when present)
Current season's cane	medium	Short	medium
length of internode
Dormant cane length:
Mean:	113 cm	110 cm	106 cm
Range:	64-158 cm	62-162 cm	60-158 cm
Standard deviation:	34 cm	27 cm	33 cm
Dormant cane color:	brown	Greyed-orange	Greyed-orange
	(RHS 199C)	(RHS 166A)	(RHS
Spine density	sparse-medium	dense	dense
Spine length	medium-long	—	medium
Spine color	Purple	Purple	Purple
	(RHS 77A)	(RHS 77A)	(RHS 77A)
Green color of upper	Yellow-	Green (RHS	Green (RHS
side of leaf	Green	137A)	137A)
	(RHS 144A)
Predominant number	equally three	usually three	equally three
of leaflets	and five		and five
Relief between the	strong-very	very strong	medium-strong
veins of leaf	strong
Relative position of	overlaps with	overlaps with	overlaps with
lateral leaflets	terminal leaflet	terminal leaflet	terminal leaflet
Terminal
leaflet length:
Mean:	20.9 cm	20.6 cm	21.5
Range	17.4-23.7 cm	17.4-23.7 cm	19.1-25.3 cm
Standard deviation	1.7 cm	2 cm	1.8 cm
Terminal leaflet width:
Mean:	19.3 cm	18.82 cm	19.8 cm
Range:	17.1-21.0 cm	17.3-21.2 cm	17.7-24.8 cm
Standard deviation:	1.3 cm	2.1 cm	2.3 cm
Time of beginning of	very late	very early	very early
flowering on previous
year's cane
Pedicel number of	few-medium	many	many
spines
Intensity of	strong-very	medium-very	very strong
anthocyanin coloration	strong	strong
of peduncle
Time of beginning of	late	medium	early
fruit ripening on
previous year's cane
Fruiting lateral length	long	medium	medium
Fruit length:	long	medium	medium
Fruit width:	broad	medium	medium
Fruit length/width	longer than	slightly broader	as long as
ratio:	broad	than long	broad
General shape of fruit	broad conical-	circular	circular-broad
in lateral view	conical		conical
Size of single drupe of	large	medium	medium
fruit
Fruit color	dark red	medium red	dark red
	(RHS 53A)	(RHS 46A)	(RHS 53A)
Adherence of fruit to	weak-medium	weak	very weak-
plug			weak

Claims (1)

1. A new and distinct variety of raspberry plant, substantially as shown and described herein.

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