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Research Project: Genetic Improvement of Blueberry and Cranberry Through Breeding and Development/Utilization of Genomic Resources

Location: Genetic Improvement for Fruits & Vegetables Laboratory

Title: ‘Talisman’ northern highbush blueberry: a productive late-midseason cultivar

Author
item Ehlenfeldt, Mark

Submitted to: HortScience
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/21/2020
Publication Date: 11/20/2020
Citation: Ehlenfeldt, M.K. 2020. ‘Talisman’ northern highbush blueberry - A productive late-season cultivar with concentrated ripening, suitable for mechanical harvest. HortScience. 56(1):101–103. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15321-20.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI15321-20

Interpretive Summary: In the modern era, blueberry growers are interested in new cultivars that have the potential of being machine harvested. We created a hybrid between the cultivars ‘Magnolia’ and ‘Elizabeth’, suitable for north-temperate growers that satisfied this need. This new cultivar, Talisman’, has several advantageous attributes for blueberry growers: reliable productivity, excellent yields, concentrated, late-midseason ripening, medium-large fruit, uniform size, light-blue fruit color, and easy fruit removal force making it suitable for machine harvest. This hybrid will be used by growers interested in having a cultivar suitable for machine harvest.

Technical Abstract: ‘Talisman’ is a new northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) cultivar developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). The new cultivar has several advantageous attributes for blueberry growers in the north-temperate United States: reliable productivity, excellent yields, concentrated, late-midseason ripening, medium-large fruit, uniform size, light-blue fruit color, and easy fruit removal force making it suitable for mechanical harvest.