Big Daddy
Date: 2024-03-19, updated: 2024-03-19
Thornless erect and vigorous floricane-fruiting variety with large fruit and healthy plant
Rubus subgenus Rubus Watson 'Big Daddy'
Originated from a cross of A-2271T x A-2252T
Variety denomination 'A-2524T'
Plants are thornless
Bushes have erect canes
Fruit weight is 8 g
Berries have a ovate shape
Soluble solids - 8.7%
Acidity - 1.1%
Fruiting habit floricane fruiting (summer-bearing)
Flowering on floricanes starts in the fourth week of April
Ripening date (regular) - third week of June
Productivity is 8 kg per plant
Cold hardiness is moderate
Country of origin United States
Patent US PP33,701 P2 dated November 29, 2021
Current status - modern or widely used
Big Daddy was selected and patented as A-2524T by John Reuben Clark.
Primocanes and floricanes of the Big Daddy are very erect in growth habit, vigorous and prolific. The plants are completely devoid of thorns.
Fruit and flower clusters are cymose, and are mostly borne on the periphery of the plant canopy, providing easy access to harvest. Flower fertility is high and clusters are well filled. Flowers are large, have white color.
The blооm period of the Big Daddy is very near that of Osage and later than Natchez. Average first harvest date is few days after Osage and Natchez, the fruiting period is long, about 60 days. Fruit yields of A-2524T is very high, up to 8 kg per plant. Big Daddy produces fruit on floricanes only.
Berries are elongated in shape and glossy with a uniform black finish. Berries are medium and large in size, weight is up to 8 g.
The fresh fruit rates very well in flavor and when fully ripe are sweet with good aromatic components.
Plants and fruit have shown no susceptibility to anthracnose, orange rust, cane and leaf rust.
Big Daddy is hardy to minus 17 C.
Primocanes and floricanes of the Big Daddy are very erect in growth habit, vigorous and prolific. The plants are completely devoid of thorns.
Fruit and flower clusters are cymose, and are mostly borne on the periphery of the plant canopy, providing easy access to harvest. Flower fertility is high and clusters are well filled. Flowers are large, have white color.
The blооm period of the Big Daddy is very near that of Osage and later than Natchez. Average first harvest date is few days after Osage and Natchez, the fruiting period is long, about 60 days. Fruit yields of A-2524T is very high, up to 8 kg per plant. Big Daddy produces fruit on floricanes only.
Berries are elongated in shape and glossy with a uniform black finish. Berries are medium and large in size, weight is up to 8 g.
The fresh fruit rates very well in flavor and when fully ripe are sweet with good aromatic components.
Plants and fruit have shown no susceptibility to anthracnose, orange rust, cane and leaf rust.
Big Daddy is hardy to minus 17 C.