USPP31505P3 - Raspberry plant named ‘Vision’ - Google Patents

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct everbearing variety of raspberry plant named ‘VISION’. The new variety is primarily adapted to the growing conditions of the central coast of California and is characterized by the following: early to mid-season primocane production with medium to large sized fruit of light-red coloration. Fruit is of consistent broad conic shape, releases easily from receptacle, is of low gloss and fair flavor. Foliage is slightly concave; medium green, glossy and foliage is equal 3 and 5 foliates. Primocanes have an absent or very weak waxy coat, medium thorn density, purple spines and have very weak anthocyanin coloration.

Description

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

Variety denomination: ‘VISION’.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct fall bearing raspberry variety designated as ‘VISION’. This new variety is a result of a controlled cross made in 2009 in Watsonville, Calif. between raspberry variety ‘GRANDEUR’ (patented, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,459) as the female parent and raspberry variety ‘04.3814’ (unpatented) as the male parent in an ongoing breeding program. The variety is botanically known as Rubus idaeus.

The seedling resulting from the aforementioned cross was asexually propagated by dormant canes in Santa Cruz County, Calif. and was subsequently selected by the inventor from a controlled breeding plot in Watsonville, Calif. in 2011. After its selection, the new variety was further asexually propagated by dormant canes, roots and non-dormant root shoot cuttings in Santa Cruz County, Calif., San Joaquin County, Calif. and Siskiyou County, Calif. The new variety was then extensively tested over the next several years in fruiting fields in Santa Cruz County, Calif. This propagation has demonstrated that the combination of traits disclosed herein as characterizing the new variety are fixed and remain true to type through successive generations of asexual reproduction.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

‘VISION’ is primarily adapted to the climate and growing conditions of the central coast of California. This region provides the necessary year-round temperatures required for it to produce and maintain a strong vigorous plant and to remain in fruit production from July through December on primocanes and in the ensuing year from May through July on floricanes. The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be unique characteristics of ‘VISION’, which in combination distinguish this raspberry plant as a new and distinct variety:

• • 1. Dark purple spines
  • 2. Broad conic fruit shape
  • 3. Light red fruit color
  • 4. Absent to very weak primocane glaucosity
  • 5. Glossy foliage

The raspberry variety that is believed to be most closely related to the new raspberry variety ‘VISION’ is the raspberry variety ‘GRANDEUR’ (patented, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,459). In comparison to the similar raspberry variety ‘GRANDEUR’, ‘VISION’ differs by the following combination of characteristics described in Table 1:

TABLE 1
		‘GRANDEUR’ (U.S.
Characteristic	‘VISION’	Plant Pat. No. 20,459)
Glossiness (foliage)	Strong	Weak
Predominate number of	Equal 3-5	Always 3
leaflets
Leaf shape	Slightly concave	Flat to slightly
(cross section)		convex
Thorn coloration (tip)	RHS N186B	RHS 180C
	Greyed-purple group	Greyed-red group
Thorn coloration (base)	RHS N186C	RHS 145B
	Greyed-purple group	Yellow-green group
Color mature fruit	RHS 43A	RHS 42A
	Light red	Medium red
Soluble solids (% Brix)	8.8	10.5
Flavor	Fair	Good

‘VISION’ differs from its parents, ‘GRANDEUR’ and ‘04.3814’, by the following combination of characteristics described in Table 2:

TABLE 2
		‘GRANDEUR’
		(U.S. Plant Pat.
Characteristic	‘VISION’	No. 15,439)	‘04.3814’
Productivity	High	High	Medium
Glossiness (fruit)	Weak	High	Medium
Firmness (fruit)	Medium to	High	Low
	high
Adherence of receptacle	Very weak	Very weak	Medium
Primocane time of	Medium	Medium	Medium
fruiting
Fruit size	Medium to	Medium	Large
	large
Flavor	Fair	Good	Excellent

For identification, a series of molecular markers have been determined for this new variety.

BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying color photographs illustrate the overall appearance of typical specimens of the new raspberry variety, ‘VISION’ at various stages of development as true as reasonably possible with color reproductions of this type. Color in the photographs may differ slightly from the color value cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describes the color of ‘VISION’. The depicted plant and plant parts of the new raspberry variety ‘VISION’ were taken in Watsonville, Calif. and are approximately 2 to 16 months old:

FIG. 1 shows typical primocane foliage and fruit color; foliate and rugosity characteristics of ‘VISION’ taken in the month of September 2012;

FIG. 2 shows typical gloss, coloration, and drupelet formation of primocane fruit of ‘VISION’ taken in the month of September 2017;

FIG. 3 shows typical harvested fruit of ‘VISION’ taken in the month of September 2017;

FIG. 4 shows typical dormant cane color characteristics of ‘VISION’ taken in the month of January 2013.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

‘VISION’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The characteristics of the new variety may vary in detail, depending upon variations in environmental factors, including weather (temperature, humidity and light intensity), day length, soil type, and location.

The aforementioned photographs, together with the following description of the new raspberry variety ‘VISION’, unless otherwise noted, are based upon observations taken during the 2016-2017 growing season in Watsonville, Calif. Primocane measurements and ratings were taken from plants of ‘VISION’ dug from a nursery located in Siskiyou County, Calif. during the middle of October 2015 and planted approximately 3 to 4 weeks later in Watsonville, Calif. The approximate age of the observed primocane plants is 7 to 8 months. Floricane measurements and ratings were taken from the same planting of ‘VISION’ at an approximate age of 16 to 18 months. Yield observations and fruit quality characteristics are averaged from three years of data collected from the 2013 through 2016 production seasons. Flower measurements and characteristics are from secondary flowers unless otherwise noted. Fruit characteristics and measurements are from secondary fruit unless otherwise noted. Foliage characteristics and measurements are from 3-foliate foliage unless otherwise noted.

Color terminology where noted follows The R.H.S. Colour Chart Fifth Edition, Royal Horticultural Society, London, United Kingdom (1966).

The following Tables 3-7 describe fruit, plant, foliage, flower and pest/disease characteristics of the new raspberry ‘VISION’ in comparison to the similar raspberry varieties ‘GRANDEUR’ (patented, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,459) and ‘BOUNTIFUL’ (patented, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 27,582).

TABLE 3
FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS

		‘GRANDEUR’	‘BOUNTIFUL’
		(U.S. Plant Pat.	(U.S. Plant Pat.
Characteristic	‘VISION’	No. 20,459)	No. 27,582)
Color mature fruit	RHS 43A	RHS 42A	RHS 34A
	Light red	Medium red	Light to
			medium red
Color achenes	RHS 159A	RHS 159A	RHS 159A
	Orange-white	Orange-white	Orange-white
	group	group	group
Fruit length (mm)	22.89	22.91	23.30
Fruit width (mm)	21.67	20.12	21.87
Length/Width	1.06	1.14	1.06
ratio	Longer than	Longer than	Longer than
	broad	broad	broad
Seed weight (mg)	1.59	1.75	1.66
Drupelets per	105	93	82
berry
Weight of single	0.059	0.043	0.058
drupe (g/drupe)
Relative size of	Large	Medium	Medium
drupes
Fruit size	Medium to	Medium	Medium
	large
Predominant shape	Broad conical	Conical	Conical
Evenness of color	Even	Even	Even
Glossiness	Weak	Medium	Medium
Adherence of	Very weak	Weak	Very weak
receptacle
Firmness of flesh	Firm	Very firm	Firm
Firmness of skin	Medium	Very firm	Medium
Soluble solids	8.8	10.5	9.8
(% Brix)
Flavor	Fair	Good	Good

TABLE 4
PLANT CHARACTERISTICS

		‘GRAN-	‘BOUN-
		DEUR’	TIFUL’
		(U.S. Plant	(U.S. Plant
		Pat. No.	Pat. No.
Characteristic	‘VISION’	20,459)	27,582)
General:
Habit	Upright	Upright	Semi-Upright
Size	Medium	Medium	Medium
Productivity	High	High	High
Self-fruitfulness	Yes	Yes	Yes
Type of bearing	Everbearing	Everbearing	Everbearing
Primocane:
Color (true)	RHS 145A	RHS 145B	RHS 145B
	Yellow-green	Yellow-green	Yellow-green
	group	group	group
Length (cm)	149.9	143.6	198.6
Basal diameter	13.55	21.80	16.98
(mm)
Diameter central	10.42	12.55	10.31
⅓ (mm)
Lateral length at	33.5	43.6	35.2
central ⅓ (cm)
No. fruiting laterals	11.6	17.4	15.2
per cane
Internode length at	39.68	48.84	50.34
central ⅓ (mm)
Anthocyanin	RHS 59B	RHS 59B	n/a
coloration	Red-purple	Red-purple
	group	group
Anthocyanin	Absent to	Weak	Absent
intensity	very weak
Pubescence	Absent	Absent	Absent
Length of	6.38	11.01	6.82
vegatative bud
(mm)
Strength of waxy	Absent to very	Absent to very	Absent to very
coat (glaucosity)	weak	weak	weak
Time of flowering	Medium	Medium	Late
Time of fruiting	Early to	Medium	Late
	medium
Length of fruiting	Long	Long	Long
season
% of total yield	52%	50%	47%
Flowering period	Late June to	Late June to	Late June to
	Late November	Late November	Late November
Harvest period	Late July to	Late July to	Late July to
	Mid December	Mid December	Late December
Primocane fruit	5.3	3.8	4.8
weight (g)
Primocane yield	2,595	2,662	3,495
(g/plant)
Young Shoots:
Number (per	15-20	15-20	25-30
meter)	Medium	Medium	Medium
Anthocyanin	Present	Present	Present
presence
Anthocyanin	RHS 179A	RHS 179A	RHS 179B
coloration	Red-purple	Greyed-red	Red-purple
	group	group	group
Anthocyanin	Weak to	Medium	Absent to
intensity	medium		very weak
Thorns:
Thorn coloration	RHS N186B	RHS 180C	RHS 179C
(tip)	Greyed-purple	Greyed-red	Greyed-red
	group	group	group
Thorn coloration	RHS N186C	RHS 145B	RHS 145B
(base)	Greyed-purple	Yellow-green	Yellow-green
	group	group	group
Thorn length at	0.91	0.76	1.92
central ⅓ (mm)
Thorn base at	0.73	1.53	1.34
central ⅓ (mm)
Thorn presence	Present	Present	Present
Thorn density per	6.71	3.38	7.36
cm at central ⅓	Dense	Medium	Dense
Thorn texture	Rigid	Rigid	Rigid
Attitude of the tip	Horizontal	Horizontal	Horizontal
Floricane:
Color (true)	RHS 164A	RHS 164A	RHS 165B
	Greyed-orange	Greyed-orange	Greyed-orange
	group	group	group
Length (cm)	109.8	119.8	139.7
Fruiting lateral	Erect	Erect	Horizontal to
attitude			drooping
Time bud burst	Medium	Medium	Medium
Time of flowering	Medium	Medium	Medium
Time of fruiting	Medium	Medium	Medium
Length of fruiting	Medium to	Medium to	Medium to
season	long	long	long
% of total yield	48%	50%	53%
Flowering period	Late April to	Late April to	Late April to
	Late June	Late June	Late June
Harvest period	Late May to	Late May to	Late May to
	Late July	Late July	Late July
Floricane fruit	5.0	3.7	4.6
weight (g)
Floricane yield	2,396	2,680	4,010
(g/plant)

TABLE 5
FOLIAGE CHARACTERISTICS

		‘GRAN-	‘BOUN-
		DEUR’	TIFUL’
		(U.S. Plant Pat.	(U.S. Plant Pat.
	‘VISION’	No. 20,459)	No. 27,582)
Characteristic	(3 Foliate)	(3 Foliate)	(3 Foliate)
General:
Color of upper	RHS 139A	RHS N137A	RHS N137B
surface	Green group	Green group	Green group
Color of lower	RHS 190B	RHS 190B	RHS 190B
surface	Greyed-green	Greyed-green	Greyed-green
	group	group	group
Shape in cross	Slightly	Flat to slightly	Flat to slightly
section	concave	convex	concave
Arrangement	Compound	Compound	Compound
Relief between	Medium	Strong	Weak
veins (rugosity)
Glossiness	Strong	Weak	Weak
Number of	Equal 3-5	Always 3	Equal 3-5
leaflets/leaf
Terminal Leaflet:
Length (mm)	130.2	127.5	133.3
Width (mm)	102.7	91.6	83.6
Length/Width	1.3	1.4	1.6
Ratio	Longer than	Longer than	Longer than
	broad	broad	broad
Size	Medium	Medium	Medium
Shape	Cordate	Cordate	Cordate
Shape of base	Cordate	Cordate	Rounded
Shape of tip	Acuminate	Acuminate	Acuminate
Margins	Biserrate	Biserrate	Biserrate
Lateral Leaflet:
Length (mm)	105.3	105.5	113.9
Width (mm)	74.7	65.1	65.8
Length/width	1.4	1.4	1.7
ratio	Longer than	Longer than	Much longer
	broad	broad	than broad
Rachis length	34.9	36.2	37.1
(mm)
Orientation	Opposite	Opposite	Opposite
Arrangement	Compound	Compound	Compound
Shape	Ovate	Ovate	Ovate
Overlapping	Touching	Touching	Free
Shape of the base	Rounded	Oblique rounded	Acute
Shape of the tip	Acuminate	Acuminate	Acuminate
Margins	Biserrate	Biserrate	Biserrate
Petiole:
Length (mm)	60.65	59.00	63.82
Width (mm)	2.76	3.99	3.22
Thorn presence	Yes	Yes	Yes
Thorn orientation	Erect	Erect	Erect
Anthocyanin	RHS 184B	RHS 184C	RHS 184B
coloration	Greyed-	Greyed-	Greyed-
of upper surface	purple	purple	purple
	group	group	group
Anthocyanin	Absent to	Weak	Absent to
intensity	very		very
of upper surface	weak		weak
Stipule length	10.29	10.23	11.19
(mm)
Stipule orientation	Erect	Erect to	Erect
		horizontal

TABLE 6
FLOWER CHARACTERISTICS

		‘GRAN-	‘BOUN-
		DEUR’	TIFUL’
		(U.S. Plant Pat.	(U.S. Plant Pat.
Characteristic	‘VISION’	No. 20,459)	No. 27,582)
Petal color	155C	155C	155C
	White group	White group	White group
Flower diameter	21.77	22.55	24.53
(mm)
Petal Length (mm)	8.28	6.42	6.62
Petal width (mm)	3.20	3.1	2.89
Petal length/width	2.59	2.06	2.29
ratio	Much longer	Much longer	Much longer
	than broad	than broad	than broad
No. petals/flower	5.0	5.2	5.4
No. sepals/flower	5.0	5.2	5.4
Relative number	12.5	16.2	25.8
of pedicel thorns	Medium	Medium	Many
Peduncle	Present	Present	Present
anthocyanin
presence
Peduncle	RHS 184C	RHS 184A	RHS 184A
anthocyanin	Greyed-purple	Greyed-purple	Greyed-purple
coloration	group	group	group
Peduncle	Weak	Medium	Weal
anthocyanin
intensity

TABLE 7
PEST AND DISEASE REACTIONS

		‘GRAN-	‘BOUN-
		DEUR’	TIFUL’
		(U.S. Plant Pat.	(U.S. Plant Pat.
Characteristic	‘VISION’	No. 20,459)	No. 27,582)
Spotted wing	Susceptible	Susceptible	Susceptible
drosophila
(Drosophila
suzukii)
Two-spotted	Susceptible	Susceptible	Susceptible
spider mite
(Tetranychus
urticae)
Grey fruit mold	Susceptible	Susceptible	Susceptible
(Botrytis cinerea)
Powdery mildew	Moderately	Moderately	Moderately
(Podosphaera	resistant	susceptible	susceptible
aphanis var.
aphanis)
Yellow rust	Susceptible	Moderately	Moderately
(Phragmidium		susceptible	susceptible
rubi-idaei)

Claims (1)

The invention claimed is:

1. A new and distinct raspberry variety named ‘VISION’, as herein described and illustrated by the characteristics set forth above.

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