‘columbia star’, ‘charm’, and ‘sweet sunrise’...

‘Columbia Star’, ‘Charm’, and ‘Sweet Sunrise’ breaking new trails!

Chad Finn, Mary Peterson, Ted Mackey, Robert Martin- USDA-ARS Bernadine Strik, Gil Buller, Kimmie Ernst, Amanda Vance; OSU- NWREC Pat Moore- WSU- Puyallup Michael Dossett- AAFC, B.C. Industry Cooperators

New cultivars and promising advanced selections

Floricane/Summer Red Raspberry

Primocane/Fall Red Raspberry

Black Raspberry

Blackberry

Strawberry

Lewis

Floricane fruiter

ORUS 576-47; Released due to performance in New Zealand

Never really evaluated here in grower fields but still looks good in research plots.

Parent of ‘Wakefield’

Outstanding fruit quality

Very good yield

1-2 weeks later than Meeker

Fresh or Processed

Nurseries have!

Rudi AgCanada release

Almost a week earlier than Meeker

Fruit is larger than Meeker

Good flavor, firm

Machine harvests very well

Some field tolerance to root rot

Susceptible to RBDV

Aphid resistance

Not promising in Oregon- Fruit

dark, dull, crumbly, uneven sizes

Wakefield

Enfield Farms/Plant and Food New Zealand

In Washington:

Medium to large firm fruit

Good yield

Machine harvests well w/ high percentage IQF

Very little suckering

Propagates by tissue culture only

~$1500/acre to grow and buy plants from

Northwest Plants

NZ HortResearch

Cascade Harvest WSU release

WSU 1507/1539

Large and firm

Very good quality

Yield > Meeker

A week earlier than Meeker

ORUS 1142-1

Floricane fruiting Probably fresh market due to earliness Early, 3 d ahead of ‘Cascade Dawn’ Firm, glossy, bright beautiful fruit; can be

picked firm pink with good flavor Yields comparable to Meeker Susc. to Phytophthora in Puyallup Appears to machine harvest

In trial and nurseries have!




Black Raspberry

Blackberry

Strawberry

‘Vintage’ (US patent app. S.N. 13/199,578)

Fresh Market- Primocane fruiting

Excellent eating!!!

1 week later than ‘Heritage’

Firm, glossy, bright beautiful fruit; can be picked firm pink with excellent flavor

30% bigger than ‘Heritage’

Yield in various trials has ranged from a bit higher to a bit lower than Heritage

Phytophthora susceptible

Plants available!

Vintage vs. Heritage

Cornell University Releases

Crimson Giant- poor flavor

Double Gold- Not as good as Anne; low yield

Crimson Night- Too dark




Black Raspberry

Blackberry

Strawberry

ORUS 3409-1

Early floricane & primocane crop

Good crop

Probably fresh only for primocane crop

Available from nurseries

ORUS 3735-3 Large, attractive fruit

Higher yield than Munger

Will test machine harvest in 2014

Probably mostly fresh

Available now!

2012: ORUS 3013-1 & ORUS 3217-1 Yields much higher than

Munger over 2 years

Similar fruit size

Appear to machine well

Chemistry looks fine

Going to nursery hopefully some available Spring 2014

ORUS 3013-1 (top & right)

ORUS 3217-1 (bottom) Machine harvested

2013: ORUS 3038-1

Munger or better yields

Similar fruit size

Excellent field fresh quality

Good frozen scores

Going to nursery hopefully some available Spring 2015

Cutting evaluation 2012-13


Blackberry



Black Raspberry

Strawberry

• Thornless with outstanding yield

• One of the most exciting we have ever had

• In small scale grower trial

• Appears to machine well

• Excellent fresh and processed fruit quality particularly flavor!

• Concerns:

- Only short time in evaluation

• Available at nurseries

Columbia Star (US patent appl. S.N. 13/815,074)

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ORUS 2867-2 Black Diamond Marion ORUS 2841-1 ORUS 3447-1 ORUS 3310-4

2012 Evaluation of Thornless Selections as Purees

Color

Aroma

Flavor

OverallQuality

Columbia Star

Columbia Star

1st machine pick in

Wash. and Ore.

• Thornless

• Outstanding yield - machines

• Excellent fresh & processed fruit quality particularly flavor!

• Concerns:

• Can be ‘Marion’ color (i.e. purple)

• Sensitive to hot temperatures

• Will get RBDV (as will Marion)

• In trial and available at nursery

ORUS 2707-1

Purple tendency when hand picked and/or in hot weather ORUS 2707-1 Marion

• Thornless

• Marion yield; looks like Marion

• Black Diamond size fruit or larger

• Always sweet; high sugars!

• Excellent fruit quality particularly flavor!

• Concerns: May only be of interest if ‘Columbia Star’ fails

- Yield needs to be tested

• Available at nursery!

ORUS 3453-2

ORUS 3453-2 vs Marion

• Very small (2.2-2.5 g)

• 50% smaller than Marion!

• Half wild, like ‘Wild Treasure’

• Yield > Wild Treasure; =Marion

• Excellent vigor

• Will machine

• Attractive

• Plants available

ORUS 2785-2 & ORUS 2855-1

ORUS 2785-2

ORUS 2855-1

ORUS 2711-1

• Thornless, semi-erect habit

• 75% Eastern (erect/semi-erect)

(Navaho x ORUS 1122-1) x Triple Crown

• Excellent yield

• Large fruit, roundish shape; V. glossy; Good flavor/ v. sweet, V. good firmness

• Ripens late July-early August

• Plants available!

ORUS 2711-1

ORUS 2816-3 & 2816-4

• Thornless, semi-erect habit

• 75% Eastern (erect/semi-erect)

(Navaho x ORUS 1122-1) x Triple Crown

• Marion+ yields

• Marion size fruit, roundish shape; V. glossy; Good flavor/ v. sweet, V. good firmness

• Ripens late July-early August

• Available!

ORUS 2816-4

ORUS 2816-3

Semi-erect/erect/hybrid in storage Sedat Serçe, Niğde University, Turkey

Semi-erect/erect/hybrid in storage Sedat Serçe, Niğde University, Turkey

After 1 week in refrigeration and 3 d at room temperature

Soluble solids at harvest (%)

Weight loss after 1 week refriger. (%)

Weight loss (%) Appearance Leakage Mold (%)

Cultivars Chester Thornless 11.8 c 2.9 bc 18.1 bc 4.5 ab 4.3 cd 10.7 ab Navaho 13.4 ab 2.8 cd 17.0 c 5.1 a 3.7 d 7.1 b Triple Crown 13.8 a 2.4 d 18.0 bc 4.2 bc 3.9 d 5.5 b Selections NZ 9607R-4 11.9 c 1.2 e 9.6 e 5.2 a 4.3 cd 13.7 a ORUS 2816-3 12.7 bc 3.5 ab 19.9 bc 3.1 d 7.0 a 10.2 ab ORUS 2816-4 13.4 ab 3.4 a-c 13.6 d 5.2 a 5.0 bc 8.4 b ORUS 2867-2 13.8 a 3.0 bc 19.3 bc 3.8 b-d 5.5 b 8.0 b ORUS 2867-3 12.6 bc 3.7 a 20.2 a-c 3.3 cd 5.7 b 8.9 ab ORUS 2867-4 12.1 c 3.6 a 23.3 a 3.1 d 5.5 b 5.2 b

• Thornless with outstanding yield

• Giant berries

• Roadside fresh as too big for wholesale Excellent fresh and processed fruit quality!

• Concerns: Not widely tested

• Not available at nurseries yet

ORUS 3447-2

• Thorny

• Looks like a ‘Tayberry’

• Should machine harvest

• Performed well in California for fresh

• Concerns: Not widely tested

• Not available at nurseries yet

ORUS 4024-3


Blackberry



Black Raspberry

Strawberry

Data collected by P. Moore; thanks to nurseries for sharing information

‘Valley Red’

• Anaheim x Puget Reliance • Phytophthora resistant • Yield > Totem • Fruit size > Totem, comparable to

Puget Reliance • Caps, Dark, V. uniform size • Good flavor • Excellent open, vigorous plant • Available

Tillamook (l) vs. Valley Red (r)

Sweet Bliss

• Dual Use: Fresh/ Processing

• Med-large size w/ excellent flavor, color and appearance

• Excellent plant

• High yields

• Worked well for Fresh in BC

• Available!

Dayton, Ore.

NWREC, Ore. Mt. Vernon, Wash.

Abbotsford, BC

‘Sweet Bliss’

‘Sweet Bliss’

Tillamook vs ORUS 2180-1

‘Sweet Bliss’

Anthracnose, Colletotrichum Puyallup (have also seen on fruit at NWREC)

Phytophthora cactorum, “leather rot”;

NWREC, Mt. Vernon, & Puyallup

Sweet Sunrise (US Patent Appl. S.N. 13/694,950)

• Puget Reliance x B 754

• Dual use potential

• 1 week earlier than Totem

• Large fruit= Tillamook

• High yields= Tillamook

• V. good, sweet flavor

• Excellent vigor and open plant

• Held up very well to weevil infestation

• Performed well in Grower Trials!

• Small quantity available for 2014!

Sweet Sunrise

Sweet Sunrise

Tillamook vs Sweet Sunrise

Totem vs Sweet Sunrise

Charm (US Patent appl. S.N. 13/694,975)

• Processing

• Totem size fruit

• Large yields=Tillamook

• Excellent vigor

• Excellent in bad fields & years

• Main concern is fruit size

• “Very impressive; Potential Hood Replacement”

• Plants available!

• Caps well

• Processes well

• Good for ice cream

Commercial field near Mt. Angel OSU-NWREC

Puget Crimson

• Puget Summer x Valley Red

• Late ripening; 1-2 weeks later than

Totem

• Primarily fresh market

• Outstanding flavor

• Medium sized fruit- Totem or

larger

• Medium large yield; > Totem

• Scorch susceptible

Puget Crimson

• Dual Purpose

• Very large fruit =Tillamook

• Excellent vigor

• Good yields=Tillamook

• Outstanding performance in BC

• Main concern is fruit shape & capping

• In trial and plants available for trial!

ORUS 2427-4

Thawed frozen fruit

ORUS 2427-4

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