Raspberry plant named 'Jeanne D'Orleans'

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

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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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’ and ‘Meeker’.

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, 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 Quebec, 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.) Color Chart. All color characteristics were determined using the 1986 version of The Royal Horticultural Society (R.H.S.) color 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’ ‘Chilliwack’
• 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.
    • 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: light brown.
• Leaf characteristics (observed fully developed leaves from middle third of the cane):
  • • Green color of upper side.—light to medium.
    • 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: medium red Fruit glossiness: weak Fruit firmness: firm Adherence to plug: weak to medium.

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. ‘Jeanne 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 1
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 medium	small
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 coloration	absent	Present	present
of apex of very young
shoots during rapid
growth
Intensity of Anthocyanin	absent or weak	weak-medium	weak
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:	greyish	orange-brown	orange-brown
	orange-brown	mottled with	mottled with
		purplish-brown	purplish-brown
Spine density	sparse-medium	dense	dense
Spine lenght	medium-long	—	medium
Spine color	light brown	Purple	purple
Green color of upper	light-medium	—	medium-dark
side of leaf
Predominant number of	equally three and	usually three	equally three and
leaflets	five		five
Relief between the veins	strong-very strong	very strong	medium-strong
of leaf
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 spines	few-medium	many	many
Intensity of anthocyanin	strong-very strong	medium-very	very strong
coloration of peduncle		strong
Time of beginning of	late	medium	early
fruit ripening on
previous year's cane
Fruiting lateral lenght:	long	medium	medium
Fruit length:	long	medium	medium
Fruit width:	broad	medium	medium
Fruit length/width ratio:	longer than broad	slightly broader	as long as broad
		than long
General shape of fruit in	broad conical-	circular	circular-broad
lateral view	conical		conical
Size of single drupe of	large	medium	medium
fruit
Fruit color	medium red	light red	medium red
Adherence of fruit to	weak-medium	weak	very weak-weak
plug

Claims

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