Joseph I Espejo

PP112771, Mar 7, 2000

May 19, 1997

8/858843

Kristie L. Gilford - Dover FL
Bruce D. Mowrey - La Selva Beach CA
Arturo Fuentes - Sydney FL
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA
Thomas M. Sjulin - Aromas CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 209

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named `Captiva`, botanically identified as Fragaria. times. ananassa Duch. The closest known variety is `Key Largo`. The new variety is partially everbearing. The new variety is characterized from `Key Largo` by its flat plant habit, dense plant density, rounded teeth on the terminal leaflet, short fruiting trusses, light red fruit flesh, and very early to early to season of harvest.

PP91308, May 9, 1995

Aug 3, 1994

8/285388

Thomas M. Sjulin - Aromas CA
Amado Q. Amorao - Camarillo CA
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 48

`Balboa` is a spring bearing variety which produces smooth glossy, attractive, full colored fruit, both on the surface and in the juicy flesh and has a very good flavor. The crop is medium early in southern and central California and has the ability to produce a high volume of fruit in March, April and May in southern California, if the transplant is given proper chilling before being planted. If grown in central California, the plants have the ability to continue production in the summer and fall. The plant is characterized by being medium dark and becoming large by summer. When vigorous, it is common to have one or more leaves per plant produce four leaflets per leaf instead of the normal three. The fruit of the plant is also characterized by a large, dark calyx on primary berries which often produce a double row of serrated sepals. These sepals often become curled and are held irregularly, with narrow sepals, when present, held on the row away from the fruit, not next to the fruit.

PP70246, Sep 12, 1989

Jul 18, 1988

7/220851

Harold A. Johnson - Watsonville CA
David W. Small - Ventura CA
Amado Q. Amorao - Watsonville CA
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 49

A new and distinct spring bearing variety of strawberry plant, characterized by its ability to produce a strong plant, but which remains in production consistently from April to October, if given adequate chilling before and after being planted. The variety is particularly distinguished by its consistently good flavor, large calyx, large smooth and attractive fruit, and heavy total production. Its long shelf life also becomes a distinctive character. The dark and glossy leaflets are characters that help identify this new variety.

PP115487, Oct 3, 2000

May 19, 1997

8/858426

Amado Q. Amorao - Camarillo CA
Bruce D. Mowrey - La Selva Beach CA
Kristie L. Gilford - Dover FL
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA
Thomas M. Sjulin - Aromas CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 209

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named `Baeza`, botanically identified as Fragaria. times. ananassa Duch. The closest known variety is `Key Largo`. The new variety is fully everbearing. The new variety is distinguished from `Key Largo` by its flat plant habit, medium to strong interveinal leaf-blistering, as long as broad length-to-width ratio of the terminal leaflet, rounded basal shape of the terminal leaflet, rounded teeth on the terminal leaflets, medium to dense petiole pubescence, outward pose of petiole hairs, medium flower size, medium length of the fruiting trusses, light red fruit flesh color and very early to early season of initial harvest.

PP115223, Sep 26, 2000

Aug 31, 1998

9/143668

Amado Q. Amorao - Camarillo CA
Arnoldo Solis - Oxnard CA
Thomas M. Sjulin - Aromas CA
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 209

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry named `MONTALVO`. The variety is similar to the variety `E26`. The variety is characterized from `E26` by its open to medium plant density, strong plant vigor, medium to dark green leaf color, medium to strong leaf glossiness, sparse to medium petiole pubescence, few to medium number of stolons, very strong stolon anthocyanin coloration, thick stolons, smaller diameter of calyx relative to the corolla, larger diameter of inner calyx to outer calyx, medium to large fruit size, marked difference in shapes between primary and secondary fruit, medium band without achenes, level to above the surface insertion of the achenes, insertion of the calyx above the fruit, the orange red fruit flesh color, and the marginal and central distribution of the fruit flesh color.

PP86495, Mar 22, 1994

Mar 2, 1993

8/026312

Thomas M. Sjulin - Watsonville CA
Amado Q. Amorao - Camarillo CA
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 48

`UV601` is a spring bearing variety which produces attractive dark colored crown and main crop fruit from April to October when grown as a winter planted variety on the coast of central California and when adequately chilled before and after planting. The crop is early in maturing and in Florida ripens in December. `UV601` has consistently firm skin and flesh, a large attractive calyx and good strawberry flavor. The variety is further characterized by its cordate-shaped leaflet serrations, acute at the apex, its purpling of leaf parts after the crown crop and its large calyx.

PP105341, Aug 4, 1998

Apr 25, 1996

8/638063

Thomas M. Sjulin - Aromas CA
Amado Q. Amorao - Camarillo CA
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA
Joanne F. Coss - Salinas CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 49

This invention relates to a new and distinct variety of strawberry plant named `Lido`, botanically identified as Fragaria. times. ananassa. The closest known variety is `Swede`. The new variety is partially everbearing. The new variety is distinguished from `Swede` by its glossier upper leaf surface, dense petiole pubescence and longer petiole pubescence. The cull rate for `Lido` was 42% of that for `Swede`. Following prolonged storage, the percent fruit that had rotted for `Lido` was about 57% of that for `Swede`. The reaction to disease was similar between `Lido` and `Swede`, but `Lido` is moderately resistant to Botrytis fruit rot, whereas `Swede` is susceptible. The PGI isozyme banding pattern for `Lido`, is A3, while that for, `Swede` is A1. The LAP and PGM banding patterns are B3 and C2, respectively, for both `Lido` and `Swede`.

PP89702, Nov 8, 1994

Dec 15, 1993

8/165378

Thomas M. Sjulin - Watsonville CA
Amado Q. Amorao - Camarillo CA
Joseph I. Espejo - Watsonville CA

Driscoll Strawberry Associates, Inc. - Watsonville CA

A01H 500

Plt 48

This invention relates to a new distinct short day winter-planted variety of strawberry plant named `X13`. The plant of this variety is distinguished by its dark, glossy foliage and its ability to initiate flowers from early spring to late fall in the Central Coast of California and spring and summer in southern California. The fruit is distinguished by its consistently high flavor, long shelf life, good fruit color inside and out and glossy, smooth surface. Its fruit is adapted to being processed for the freezer trade, especially for the Individual Quck Frozen berry demand, as well as for the fresh market.