United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

Chad E Finn

Michael A Hardigan

A new and distinct primocane-fruiting red raspberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the primocane-fruiting red raspberry plant 'Caroline' and the red raspberry plant ORUS 4099-1, the latter of which is a sibling of the recent cultivar 'Kokanee'. This new red raspberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields of bright colored, medium sized berries with low defects, excellent firmness and fruit quality, and a unique flavor that is both tangy and aromatic, with a good balance to tartness and sweetness. The berries are well suited for the fresh market, and, due to their ability to be picked at early/pink stages with good flavor and continue ripening in storage with respect to color, they may offer some additional benefit for packing/shipping as a fresh market variety.

Red raspberry plant named 'Finnberry'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the thorny primocane-fruiting maternal blackberry plant ORUS 4355-2 and the thornless primocane-fruiting paternal blackberry plant 'Prime-Ark&#xae; Freedom'. 'Thunderhead' is the first primocane-fruiting blackberry variety released by the USDA-ARS breeding program in Oregon. This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its exceptionally high plant vigor and yields of medium sized berries with high gloss, firmness, excellent flavor and fruit quality, and relatively small seed size. The berries are well suited for fresh eating, with good sweetness and gloss when picked firm, and low bitter notes. The new and distinct blackberry variety contains a genetic background derived from eastern U.S. germplasm and is expected to grow and is expected to perform well in most areas where primocane-fruiting blackberries are currently grown.

Blackberry plant named 'thunderhead'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the thornless semi-erect maternal blackberry plant 'Eclipse' and the thorny erect paternal blackberry plant ORUS 3681-1, the latter of which introduces genetics from cultivated and wildgermplasm from the southeastern U.S. This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high plant vigor, exceptional yields of small-to-medium sized berries with high gloss, low defects, excellent flavor and fruit quality, and high heat tolerance. The berries are well suited for fresh eating, with good sweetness, aroma, and gloss when picked firm. The new and distinct blackberry variety has fruit that are borne on vigorous canes which contain the 'Merton Thornless' source of genetic thornlessness.

Blackberry plant named 'Celestial'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the thornless maternal blackberry plant 'ORDS 2707-1' (unpatented) and the thornless paternal blackberry plant 'ORDS 2785-2' (unpatented)). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields of small-to-medium sized, uniformly shaped, glossy, and distinctly conical berries that can be machine harvested with good firmness and quality for a trailing type of blackberry. The berries are well suited for processing, with an excellent flavor characterized by mild sweetness, and a good sugar/acid balance. The new and distinct blackberry variety has fruit that are borne on vigorous canes which combine two distinct sources of genetic thornlessness ('Austin Thornless', &#x2018;Lincoln Logan&#x2019;) from the respective female and male parent.

Blackberry plant named 'Zodiac'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the thornless female blackberry plant 'Ouachita' (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 17,762) and the thornless, male parent blackberry plant 'ORUS 2867-4' (unpatented)). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by being fairly early ripening for a semi-erect blackberry, by its large sized, very firm berries with tough skin and a crisp texture when eaten and excellent flavor, by its high yields borne on a vigorous plant with a semi-erect type growth habit and by its completely thornless canes.

Blackberry plant named 'Twilight'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant 'ORUS 1393-1' (unpatented) and the male blackberry plant 'Triple Crown' (unpatented). This new blackberry is unique in that it contains all three commercial blackberry types (trailing, erect, and semi-erect) in its pedigree as either a parent or a grandparent. This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by being early ripening for a semi-erect blackberry, by its medium-sized, firm berries with tough skin and very good flavor, by its medium to high yields borne on a vigorous plant with a semi-erect type growth habit and by its completely thornless canes.

Blackberry plant named 'Eclipse'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant 'ORUS 1393-1' (unpatented) and the male blackberry plant 'Triple Crown' (unpatented). This new blackberry is unique in that it contains all three commercial blackberry types (trailing, erect, and semi-erect) in its pedigree as either a parent or a grandparent. This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by being early ripening for a semi-erect blackberry, by its medium-large sized, firm berries with tough skin and very good flavor, by its medium to high yields borne on a vigorous plant with a semi-erect type growth habit and by its completely thornless canes.

Blackberry plant named 'Galaxy'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant 'NZ 9629R-1' (unpatented) and the male parent blackberry plant 'ORUS 1939-4' (unpatented). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its very large, many petaled, and attractive flowers, medium to high yields of large and very sweet flavored berries with good firmness and color and that are early ripening, and the trailing plant is completely thornless.

Blackberry plant named 'Hall's Beauty'

'Echo' is a new and distinct repeat flowering, ornamental blueberry (sectionL.) cultivar that originated from seed produced from the cross of the female blueberry plant 'Perpetua' (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 24,209) and the male blueberry plant ORUS 55-1 (unpatented). 'Echo' is a blueberry clone distinguished by its ornamental characteristics that include a spreading bush habit with glossy leaves, repeat flowering and fruiting, and small, mild flavored dark blue fruit.

Blueberry plant named 'Echo'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant 'NZ 9629-1' (unpatented) and the male parent blackberry plant 'ORUS 1939-2' (unpatented). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its medium to high yields of medium-large and very sweet flavored berries with good firmness and color and that are the earliest ripening, completely thornless blackberry that we are aware of.

Blackberry plant named 'Columbia Sunrise'

This invention relates to new and distinct cultivar of strawberry plant named 'Marys Peak'. The new cultivar is primarily characterized by its mid-late season ripening, and its firm medium-large, conical to slight wedge shaped fruit that have excellent processing characteristics including red internal and external color, sweet flavor, and easy calyx removal, as well as vigorous, upright and open plants that are productive and efficiently hand-harvested.

Strawberry plant named 'Marys Peak'

A new and distinct red raspberry cultivar distinguished by its moderate to high yields of large, bright-red-colored, firm, conic, sweet, flavorful fruit with excellent fresh fruit quality borne on primocanes in late summer

Red raspberry plant named 'KOKANEE'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant 'NZ 9629-1' (unpatented) and the male parent blackberry plant 'ORUS 1350-2' (unpatented). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields of extremely large and very uniformly shaped berries with very good firmness, color, and flavor and that are borne on vigorous, completely thornless trailing plants.

Blackberry plant named 'Columbia Giant'

'MINI Blues' is a new distinct northern highbush blueberry (L.) variety distinguished by its high yield of very small fruit that can be harvested by machine, has excellent flavor and is well suited to the processed fruit industry and the fruit are borne on a vigorous and upright bush.

Blueberry plant named 'MINI Blues'

A new and distinct blackberry cultivar that originated from seed produced from a cross between the female blackberry plant 'NZ 9629-1' (unpatented) and the male parent blackberry plant 'ORUS 1350-2' (unpatented). This new blackberry cultivar can be distinguished by its high yields of large, very uniformly shaped berries with very good flavor, sweetness, and fruit chemistry as characterized by soluble solids, pH, and titratable acidity that make them well suited for processing. The new and distinct blackberry variety has fruit that are borne on vigorous, completely thornless plants and can be harvested by machine.

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Corvallis, OR, United States of America

Chad E Finn