CRANBERRY WEB The Newsletter of the BC Cranberry Marketing Commission and the British Columbia Cranberry Growers Association May 2010 Volume 4, Issue 3 New Commercial Cranberry Varieties Released by Rutgers University Rutgers University in New Jersey have Rutgers patented new cranberry released three new cranberry varieties varieties are available to commercial for commercial use. The three, Crimson cranberry growers in the U.S. and Queen®, Demoranville®, and Mullica Canada under license from Rutgers Queen®, are said to have significantly University. higher yields, colour and performance. Growers interested in Rutgers varieties Rutgers reports that the first commercial can contact Rutgers as follows: plantings of these varieties came into maturity in 2009, and superior crop Leon Segal, PhD yields have been realized in most of the Asst. Dir., Licensing and planting areas. In New Jersey, the Technology, SEBS Stevens variety usually yields between Office of Technology 300 and 350 barrels per acre. One of the Commercialization first beds of Crimson Queen, planted in Rutgers, The State University of New Wisconsin in 2005, yielded over 600 bbl/ Jersey ac, substantially greater than the state New Brunswick NJ average of about 250 barrels per acre. 08901 Crimson Queen and a second newly-released variety, Demoranville Tel: 732 932-1000 extension 577 Inside This Issue have each produced over 400 barrels per Cell: 908 239-3132 acre. Mullica Queen has yielded over Email:
[email protected] New Cranberry 1 500 bbl/ac. Varieties Released Note - it is expected that variety trials Of course, yields may vary by locale and will be a high priority for the new BC BC Cranberry 1 Research Farm grower practices.