Red Button
Also known as N06-9
N06-9
Selected for prolific berry production, with spotted orange-yellow fruit.
Origin · University of Hawaiʻi, Volcano Agricultural Research Station, Volcano, Hawaiʻi
Taste & texture
Cultivated ʻōhelo varieties differ in sweetness and acidity; ask which one you're buying.
instrumental study · Cultivar development account at the University of Hawaiʻi Volcano Agricultural Research Station, Hawaiʻi.
Read the evidence
The CTAHR cultivar guide reports mature berries of Kīlauea at 5.5% Brix and 0.67% titratable acidity, compared with 4.8% Brix and 0.9% titratable acidity for Red Button. These measurements describe the documented selections; the guide does not report a consumer preference test.
- Fruit tested
- Mature fruit of two Vaccinium reticulatum selections.
- Varieties compared
- Kīlauea, Red Button
- Use studied
- Understanding cultivar or handling differences in the identified fruit.
- Published
- 2011
How to spot it
- Appearance
- Fruit colour spotted orange-yellow fruit
Origin & family
Where Red Button began
Recorded origin
University of Hawaiʻi, Volcano Agricultural Research Station, Volcano, Hawaiʻi
United States
- Institution
- University of Hawaiʻi / USDA Agricultural Research Service research collaboration
- Selected
- 2006
Field notes
Original source notes
trait observations
- trait
- source reported character
- source url
- www.ctahr.hawaii.edu ↗
- observation
- Selected for prolific berry production; the guide describes spotted orange-yellow fruit and reports mature-berry composition.
Photos
USDA ARS National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Corvallis (GRIN-Global)Public Domain Mark 1.0 PI 666682, Vaccinium reticulatum Sm., 'Red Button'