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Plant Variety Journal - IP Australia

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Choice of Comparators Characteristics used for grouping varieties to identify the most similar<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> of Common Knowledge<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part Context State of Expression in Group of Varieties<br />

Mature fruit shape of ventral shoulder rounded upward<br />

Mature fruit shape of dorsal shoulder rounded downward<br />

Mature fruit bulging proximal of stylar scar absent or weak<br />

Most Similar Varieties of Common Knowledge identified (VCK)<br />

Name Comments<br />

‘Kensington Pride’ Paternal (pollen) parent.<br />

‘NMBP1243’ Sibling with the same parents.<br />

‘Irwin’ Maternal parent.<br />

Varieties of Common Knowledge identified and subsequently excluded<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Distinguishing State of Expression in State of Expression in Comments<br />

Characteristics Candidate <strong>Variety</strong> Comparator <strong>Variety</strong><br />

‘B74’ Seed embryony polyembryonic monoembryonic<br />

‘Tommy Fruit maturity early to mid season late season<br />

Atkins’ time<br />

‘Delta Fruit maturity early to mid season mid to late season Also the average fruit<br />

R2E2’ time<br />

weight of ‘R2E2’ is greater<br />

than ‘NMBP1201’.<br />

<strong>Variety</strong> Description and Distinctness - Characteristics which distinguish the candidate from one or<br />

more of the comparators are marked with a tick.<br />

‘Kensington<br />

Organ/<strong>Plant</strong> Part: Context ‘NMBP1201’ ‘Irwin’<br />

‘NMBP1243’<br />

Pride’<br />

*Tree: attitude of main<br />

branches<br />

*Young leaf: intensity of<br />

anthocyanin colouration<br />

spreading erect spreading spreading<br />

medium to<br />

medium weak to mediumweak to medium<br />

strong<br />

Leaf blade: length short short to medium short to medium short to medium<br />

Leaf blade: width<br />

*Leaf blade: ratio<br />

length/width<br />

narrow to<br />

medium<br />

narrow to<br />

medium<br />

narrow to<br />

medium<br />

small to mediummedium medium<br />

narrow to<br />

medium<br />

very small to<br />

small<br />

Leaf blade: shape elliptic elliptic elliptic elliptic<br />

Leaf blade: colour yellow green yellow green medium green yellow green<br />

Leaf blade: twisting present absent absent absent<br />

Leaf blade: spacing of<br />

secondary veins<br />

Leaf blade: undulation of<br />

margin<br />

<strong>Plant</strong> Varieties <strong>Journal</strong> Vol. 21 No.3<br />

medium close to medium medium to wide medium<br />

absent or weak absent or weak absent or weak absent or weak<br />

Leaf blade: shape of base acute acute obtuse obtuse<br />

Leaf blade: shape of apex attenuate attenuate attenuate acute<br />

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