Raspberry plant cv. `Godiva`
A new and distinct cultivar of yellow raspberry plant named `Godiva`, which is particularly characterized and distinguished by its fruit of excellent flavor and yellow color and its high yielding capacity on both primocane and floricane crops.
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This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of raspberry plant that has been given the cultivar name or denomination `Godiva`. The new cultivar was developed from hydridization of the selection C96.7 (an unpatented proprietary cultivar) as the seed parent with the selection F167.1 (an unpatented proprietary cultivar) as the pollen parent. The parents were crossed by Carlos Fear in June 1989, whereafter fruit and seed were collected to produce seedlings for field planting in Watsonville, Calif. in January 1990. The new cultivar was selected from these seedlings by Carlos Fear in October 1990 for its distinguishing fruit firmness, good flavor and distinguishing yellow color. Since its selection, the `Godiva` cultivar has been asexually propagated by in vitro shoot tip culture, root sucker division and root cuttings, and has been shown to maintain the desired and distinguishing characteristics after propagation over several generations.
`Godiva`, a yellow raspberry, produces a primocane crop which begins in August and continues until early November. The floricane crop begins in about mid May and continues until about July. Both the primocane and floricane yields (about 5.9 to 8.6 T/acre and about 8.6 to 12.5 T/acre, respectively) are high relative to other comparable cultivars. The fruit of the `Godiva` raspberry plant is medium to large in size and remains consistently so throughout its harvest period. The fruit of `Godiva` is normally light yellow in color when harvested but attains a deeper yellow color after harvest or when fully mature.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURESFIG. 1 is a color photograph of a `Godiva` primocane mature leaf and fruiting shoot, showing various stages of fruit development.
FIG. 2 is a color photograph of a `Godiva` primocane shoot.
FIG. 3 is an interpretative drawing showing the cultivar banding patterns for the enzymes, MDH (malate dehydrogenase), PGI (Phosphoglucoisomerase) and PGM (phosphoglucomutase).
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANTThroughout this specification, color names beginning with a small letter signify that the name of the color, as used in common speech, is aptly descriptive. Color names beginning with a capital letter designate color values based on the R.H.S. Colour Chart published by The Royal Horticultural Society of London, England.
The following description is a detailed description of the `Godiva` raspberry cultivar and the fruit produced thereaby, as grown in Watsonville, Calif. between 1991 and 1994, and is believed to apply to plants of the `Godiva` cultivar grown in similar conditions of soil and climate elsewhere.
The `Godiva` fruit exhibits a light yellow color at harvest, but darkens after harvest to a deeper yellow. The fruit of the `Godiva` plant is average in its ease of separation and of above average firmness at harvest. Post harvest fruit rot resistance is above average in comparison with many selections and cultivars.
The `Godiva` cultivar has good resistance to late leaf rust. Resistance to powdery mildew and root rots is unknown. Cold tolerance of the new cultivar has not been established.
The new cultivar is particularly characterized and distinguished from other yellow fruited cultivars by its high yielding capacity on both primocane and floricane crops, and its excellent flavor. The `Godiva` cultivar also has greater firmness than most other yellow fruited cultivars.
`Godiva` is distinguished from its seed parent, selection C96.7, by having greater firmness, a better flavor balance and higher yields. The new cultivar is distinguished from its pollen parent, selection F167.1, by having a higher yielding capacity.
Tables 1 and 2 present morphological information about the new `Godiva` raspberry cultivar.
TABLE 1
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PLANT CHARACTERISTICS OF `Godiva`
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General
Plant size: large
Growth habit: upright; erect
Density of foliage: medium
Productivity: productive
Self fruitfulness: self fruitful
Primocane fruiting:
percent of cane length
about 30%
flowering as primocane:
percent of total yield
about 30-45%
from primocane crop:
Suckering tendency: medium
Utility of fruit: fresh market
shipping
Canes
Primocanes
Number of fruiting laterals/cane:
about 13-20
Number of canes/crown:
medium/about 4-15
Young shoot pigmentation:
not present
Length: about 69-87"
Diameter (end of 1st year):
cane base: about 0.44-0.66"
central 1/3 of cane: about 0.41-0.56"
Depressions in cross section:
absent
Prickles:
pigmentation: lightly pigmented
density on young shoots:
medium
attitude of tip: downward
size: small
texture: heavy
presence and uniformly
distributed
Pubescence on canes: present
Internodal distance about 1.3-2.3"
(at central 1/3 of cane):
Lenticels: not visually
detectable
Floricanes
Length: about 40-70"
Number nodes/lateral branch
about 7-13
(at mid cane):
Number of flowers/node
about 1-3
(at 4th node from apex
on a mid cane lateral):
Leaves
Arrangement: compound
Relief between veins: medium
Leaflet number: 3-5, usually 5
Terminal leaflet:
length: about 3.9-5.9"
width: about 2.9-4.9"
shape: ; often lobed
tip: acute to acuminate
base: cordate
margin: doubly serrate
Lateral leaflets (basal pair):
overlap: overlapping
orientation: opposite
shape: oblique
tip: acute
base: oblique
margin: doubly serrate
length: about 3.7-4.3"
width: about 2.6-3.3"
Rachis length between about 0.68-1.8"
terminal leaflet and
adjacent lateral leaflets:
Color:
face: Green 137A
underside: Green 191A
Petiole:
length: about 2.9-5.4"
pigmentation of upper surface:
absent
pigmentation of underside:
absent
Stipule orientation: erect
Flowers
Flowering period:
primocane: early July to
mid September
floricane: late March to
early June
Petal:
color: White 155B
length: about 0.18-0.25"
width: 0.09-0.13"
number: 5
arrangement: free
Pedicel coloration: absent
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TABLE 2
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FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS OF `Godiva`
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Fruit
Harvest season:
primocane: begins early to mid
August; ends early
November
floricane: begins mid May;
ends early July
Color:
immature: Yellow 10C-10D
maturing: Yellow-Orange
16B-16C
mature: Yellow-Orange 21D
Dimensions:
weight:
primocane harvest
about 2.2-4.0 g
(3.1 g mean)
floricane harvest:
about 2.3-4.1 g
(3.1 g mean)
length (primocane): about 0.62-0.78"
width (primocane): about 0.56-0.75"
Soluble solids (%): about 11.4%
Titratable acidity about 2.0%
(% as citric acid):
Seeds (weight): about 1.4 mg
Number drupelets/fruit:
about 38-78
(57 mean)
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In addition to the foregoing morphological description, and to provide further means for identifying the new cultivar and distinguishing it from some other somewhat similar and/or related raspberry cultivars, the new `Godiva` cultivar has been analyzed to obtain an indication of its genetic makeup. Specifically, leaves of the `Godiva`, `Hollins` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 8,027), `Summit` (unpatented), `Isabel` (U.S. Plant patent applied for), `Sweetbriar` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 4,486), `Joe Mello` (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,493) and `Wilhelm` (U.S. Plant patent applied for) cultivars were electrophoretically analyzed, the patterns designated and procedures utilized being per those described by J. C. Cousineau and D. J. Donnelly, "Use of Isoenzyme Analysis to Characterize Raspberry Cultivars and Detect Cultivar Mislabeling," HortScience, vol. 27 (9):1023-1025 (1992). The results of the electrophoreses analysis are presented in Table 3 below, the letters representing the cultivar banding patterns for each enzyme as shown in FIG. 3, taken from the above article.
TABLE 3
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ISOZYME BANDING PATTERNS OF
`Godiva` COMPARED WITH
`Hollins`, `Summit`, `Isabel`,
`Sweetbriar`, `Joe Mello` AND `Wilheim`
Isozyme
Cultivar PGI MDH PGM
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`Godiva` B A D
`Hollins` D E D
`Summit` A C B
`Isabel` A E C
`Sweetbriar`
D D A
`Joe Mello` D E C
`Wilhelm` D A C
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Claims
1. A new and distinct cultivar of raspberry plant named `Godiva` as herein illustrated and described.
Type: Grant
Filed: Apr 25, 1995
Date of Patent: Nov 19, 1996
Assignee: Sweetbriar Development, Inc. (Watsonville, CA)
Inventor: Carlos D. Fear (Aptos, CA)
Primary Examiner: James R. Feyrer
Law Firm: Synnestvedt & Lechner
Application Number: 8/430,538
