VARIETAL NAME: 'Illinois Everbearing'
Taxonomical and basic information
Varietal name:
'Illinois Everbearing'
Identification/ Accession n.:
Ingroup:
Morus rubra cf.
Species:
Morus alba x M. rubra
Origin:
From Austrian nursery as commercial variety
Obtained:
--select--
Morphological characteristics
Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
Trunk colour:
Greyish brown
Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Greenish brown
Lenticel density:
Sparse
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical
Buds:
Bud shape:
Ovate
Bud colour:
Reddish brown
Bud size:
medium
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Alternate distichous
Leaf shape:
Simple and lobed
Average leaf size: length (cm):
154.1
Average leaf size: width (cm)
112.5
Leaf size ratio:
Medium (1.3-1.5)
Petiole size (cm):
5.6
Petiole range:
Long (41-70 mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Truncate
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Acuminate
Leaf blade margin:
Serrate
Hairiness:
Midrib and veins
Glossiness:
Glossy
Reproductive structures
Sexual dimorphisem:
Dioecious
Inflorescence type:
Female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
19.5
Female infl. diameter (mm):
8.5
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
21.5
Male infl. length (mm):
Male infl. diameter (mm):
Male infl. stalk length (mm):
Polygamous infl. length (mm):
Polygamous infl. diameter (mm):
Polyg. infl. stalk length (mm):
Infructescence:
Fruit weight (g):
2.59825
Infructescence length (mm):
31.55
Infructescence width (mm):
12.00
Length of peduncle:
Long
Infructescence colour:
Reddish black
Taste:
Sweet
Infructescence shape:
Ellipsoid
Phenological descriptors
Date of bud burst (week):
12
Flowering date (week):
15
Date of infructescence ripening (week):
Late
Uniformity of infructescence ripening:
Abundant autumn colouring (week):
Growth and yield attributes
Vigour:
Lenght (cm):
151.143
Number of lateral shoots:
n.d.
Lenght of internode (cm):
5.5619047619048
Leaf No./meter:
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):