Strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawOne’

Abstract

This invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named ‘DrisStrawOne’. The new cultivar is primarily characterized by its relatively small plant size, medium fruit size and heavy fruit production.

Description

Genus and species: Fragaria×ananassa.

Variety denomination: ‘DrisStrawOne’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention relates to a new and distinct strawberry cultivar designated ‘DrisStrawOne’ botanically known as Fragaria×ananassa. This new strawberry cultivar originated from a controlled cross between ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 14,005) and ‘Driscoll Agoura’ (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,731). The original seedling of the new cultivar was asexually propagated by stolons at a nursery in Shasta County, Calif. Propagules were transplanted to a controlled breeding plot in Ventura County, Calif. where it was identified and selected for further evaluation in February, 2002. ‘DrisStrawOne’ was subsequently asexually propagated and underwent further testing at various locations in Ventura County, Calif. for four years. The present invention has been found to retain its distinctive characteristics through successive asexual propagations.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying color photographs show typical specimens of the new cultivar at various stages of development as nearly true as it is possible to make in color reproductions.

FIG. 1 shows overall plant habit including fruit at various stages of development.

FIG. 2 shows leaves of the plant with three leaflets.

FIG. 3 shows the upperside of the flowers.

FIG. 4 shows the underside of the flowers.

FIG. 5 shows the whole fruit.

FIG. 6 shows the fruit in longitudinal cross-section.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR

The following description of ‘DrisStrawOne’ is based on observations taken during the 2006 growing season in Ventura County, Calif. This description is in accordance with UPOV terminology. Color designations, color descriptions, and other phenotypical descriptions may deviate from the stated values and descriptions depending upon variation in environmental, seasonal, climatic and cultural conditions. ‘DrisStrawOne’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. Color terminology follows The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, London.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

Table 1 shows plant characteristics of the new variety compared with plant characteristics of the parents, ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Agoura’. Plant characteristics include plant habit, vigor, height in centimeters, diameter in centimeters, the density of an individual plant and the number of crowns per plant.

TABLE 1
			‘Driscoll
Characteristic	‘DrisStrawOne’	‘Driscoll El Capitan’	Agoura’
Habit	Upright	Globose	Flat Globose
Vigor	Strong	Strong	Weak
Height (cm)	9.5	20.2	22.9
Diameter (cm)	15.9	35.8	30.2
Plant Density	Open	Open	Open
No. Crowns/Plant	5	5	6

Table 2 shows leaf characteristics of the new cultivar compared with leaf characteristics of ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Agoura’. Leaf characteristics include terminal leaflet length and width in centimeters, length to width ratio, number of teeth per terminal leaflet, shape of teeth, color of upperside and underside of leaf, leaf shape in cross section, leaf blistering, leaf glossiness, number of leaflets, shape of leaf margin and shape of leaf base.

TABLE 2
Leaf		‘Driscoll El
Characteristic	‘DrisStrawOne’	Capitan’	‘Driscoll Agoura’
Terminal leaflet	7.37	6.45	5.90
length (cm)
Terminal leaflet	6.84	5.89	5.63
width (cm)
Terminal leaflet	1.08	1.10	1.05
length/width ratio
No. teeth/terminal	22	18	22
leaflet
Shape of teeth	Rounded	Obtuse	Rounded
Color of upperside	RHS 139A	RHS 147A	RHS 147A
of leaf	Light green	Dark green	Dark green
Color of underside	RHS 138A	RHS 147C	RHS 138B
of leaf	Light green	Medium	Light green
		green
Leaf shape in	Concave	Slightly	Between slightly
cross section		concave	concave & flat
Leaf blistering	Weak	Medium	Strong
Leaf glossiness	Weak	Between	Medium
		medium &
		strong
No. leaflets	More than 3	Three only	More than 3
	leaflets on up to 5		leaflets on up to 5
	out of 10 leaves		out of 10 leaves
Terminal leaflet	Revolute	Flat	Flat
margin
Terminal leaflet	Slightly oblique	Obtuse	Rounded
base shape

Table 3 shows information about the petiole, the petiolule, the bract, and the stipule of the new cultivar compared to ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Agoura’. This includes petiole length in centimeters, petiole diameter in centimeters, petiolule length in centimeters, petiolule diameter in centimeters, bract frequency per petiole, stipule length in centimeters, stipule width in centimeters, stipule pubescence, petiole pubescence, pose of hairs on the petiole, color of the petiole and color of the petiolule.

TABLE 3
		‘Driscoll El	‘Driscoll
Characteristic	‘DrisStrawOne’	Capitan’	Agoura’
Petiole length (cm)	12.5	10.8	10.4
Petiole diameter	0.385	0.330	0.357
(cm)
Petiole pubescence	Dense	Between medium	Dense
		& dense
Petiole pose of hairs	Between upwards	Outwards	Outwards
	& outwards
Petiole color	RHS 144A	RHS 149A	RHS 149A
	Medium yellow	Light yellow	Light yellow
	green	green	green
Petiolule color	RHS 144B
	Medium yellow
	green
Petiolule length	0.770	0.518	0.320
(cm)
Petiolule diameter	0.264	0.194	0.221
(cm)
Bract frequency	1	0	0
Stipule length (cm)	4.0	3.9	3.8
Stipule width (cm)	0.965	0.939	1.123
Stipule pubescence	Dense	Sparse	Sparse

Table 4 shows stolon characteristics of the new cultivar compared to ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Agoura’. These characteristics include the number of stolons, the anthocyanin coloration of the stolons, the thickness of the stolons and the pubescence of the stolons.

TABLE 4
		‘Driscoll El	‘Driscoll
Characteristic	‘DrisStrawOne’	Capitan’	Agoura’
Stolon Number	Medium	Many	Medium
Stolon Anthocyanin	Weak	Between	Between
		Medium &	Weak &
		Strong	Medium
Stolon Thickness	Medium	Thin	Between
			Medium &
			Thick
Stolon Pubescence	Sparse	Between	Dense
		Sparse &
		Medium
Average Number of	9	10	11
Daughter Plants (Nursery
Average)

Table 5 shows inflorescence characteristics of the new cultivar compared to ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Agoura’. These characteristics include inflorescence position relative to foliage, relative flower size, flower diameter in centimeters (measured from petal tip to petal tip), relative spacing of petals, petal length in centimeters, petal width in centimeters, petal length to width ratio, petal color, calyx diameter in centimeters (measured on back off lower from sepal tip to sepal tip), diameter of calyx relative to corolla, diameter of inner calyx relative to outer, sepal length in centimeters (measured from sepal tip to point of attachment to receptacle), sepal width in centimeters, receptacle color and anther color.

TABLE 5
		‘Driscoll El	‘Driscoll
Characteristic	‘DrisStrawOne’	Capitan’	Agoura’
Inflorescence position	Above	Above	Above
relative to foliage
Flower size	Medium	Large	Between
			medium &
			large
Flower diameter (cm)	2.682	3.052	2.291
Petal spacing	Overlapping	Overlapping	Overlapping
Petal length (cm)	1.536	1.521	1.368
Petal width (cm)	1.429	1.607	1.274
Petal length/width ratio	1.07	0.95	1.07
Petal color	RHS 155D	RHS 155C	RHS 155C
	White	White	White
Calyx diameter (cm)	3.924	4.401	3.953
Calyx diameter relative	Larger	Larger	Larger
to corolla
Inner calyx diameter	Smaller	Between	Same size
relative to outer		smaller &
		same size
Sepal length (cm)	1.458	1.720	1.538
Sepal width (cm)	1.175	0.748	0.629
Receptacle color	RHS 9A
Anther color	RHS 14A

Table 6 shows fruit characteristics of the new cultivar compared to ‘Driscoll El Capitan’ and ‘Driscoll Agoura’.

TABLE 6
		‘Driscoll El	‘Driscoll
Characteristic	‘DrisStrawOne’	Capitan’	Agoura’
Fruiting truss length	24.4	20.9	17.7
(cm)
Fruiting truss	Semi-erect	Prostrate	Flat
attitude
Fruit length (cm)	0.538	0.414	0.463
Fruit width (cm)	0.452	0.351	0.421
Fruit length/width	1.19	1.18	1.10
ratio
Fruit weight (g)	29.2	27.9	28.0
Relative fruit size	Medium	Between medium	Between
		& large	medium &
			large
Predominant fruit	Conical	Cordate	Ovoid
shape
Difference in shape	Moderate	Marked	Marked
between primary &
secondary fruits
Band without	Absent or very	Absent or very	Absent or
achenes	narrow	narrow	very narrow
Unevenness of fruit	Medium	Between weak &	Strong
surface		medium
Fruit skin color	RHS 46B	RHS 46A	RHS 46A
	Red	Dark red	Dark red
Evenness of fruit	Slightly uneven	Between slightly	Slightly
color		uneven & even	uneven
Fruit glossiness	Between medium	Strong	Strong
	& strong
Insertion of achenes	Below surface	Between below	Level with
		surface & level	surface
		with surface
Achene coloration -	RHS 180B	RHS 183B	RHS 182A
sunward side of	Medium greyed	Dark greyed red	Dark greyed
berry	red		red
Achene coloration -	RHS 1A	RHS 1B	RHS 3B
shaded side of berry	Light green	Light yellow	Light yellow
	yellow
Achenes per berry	202	101.5	385.5
Insertion of calyx	Between in a	Between in a	Set above
	basin and level	basin and level	fruit
Pose of calyx	Reflexed	Reflexed	Reflexed
segments
Size of calyx in	Larger	Larger	Between
relation to fruit			smaller &
			same size
Adherence of calyx	Medium	Strong	Between
			weak &
			medium
Firmness of flesh	Medium	Firm	Firm
Color of flesh	RHS 41B & RHS	RHS 40B & RHS	RHS 41A &
	155A	155C	RHS 155B
	Orange red &	Orange red &	Orange red
	white	white	& white
Evenness of flesh	Slightly uneven	Even	Slightly
color			uneven
Hollow center	Medium	Large	Medium
Sweetness	Medium	Strong	Medium
Texture when tasted	Fine	Fine	Medium
Grams of fruit/plant	957.0	509.4	704.7

Claims

1. A new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant as described and shown herein.