VARIETAL NAME: 'Hicks Fancy'

Taxonomical and basic information

Varietal name:
'Hicks Fancy'
Identification/ Accession n.:
IT23_00526
Ingroup:
Morus rubra cf.
Species:
Morus alba x M. rubra
Origin:
USA
Obtained:
CBNMed-Porquerolles (FR), 2009

Morphological characteristics

Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
Trunk colour:
Light brownish-grey
Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Greyish brown
Lenticel density:
Sparse
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical
Buds:
Bud shape:
Ovate
Bud colour:
Medium brown
Bud size:
large
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Leaf shape:
Simple
Average leaf size: length (cm):
12.7
Average leaf size: width (cm)
9.7
Leaf size ratio:
Medium (1.3-1.5)
Petiole size (cm):
2
Petiole range:
Short (11-20 mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Truncate
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Acuminate
Leaf blade margin:
Serrulate
Hairiness:
Glabrous
Glossiness:
Matte

Reproductive structures

Sexual dimorphisem:
Dioecious
Inflorescence type:
Female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
13.1
Female infl. diameter (mm):
7.6
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
11.3
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):
Infructescence length (mm):
33
Infructescence width (mm):
16
Length of peduncle:
Medium
Infructescence colour:
Black
Taste:
Infructescence shape:
Cylindrical

Phenological descriptors

Date of bud burst (week):
Flowering date (week):
Date of infructescence ripening (week):
Uniformity of infructescence ripening:
Abundant autumn colouring (week):

Growth and yield attributes

Vigour:
Lenght (cm):
11.7
Number of lateral shoots:
0.6
Lenght of internode (cm):
1.8
Leaf No./meter:
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):