'HyRed' Cranberry Released

A new cranberry cultivar has been developed by the research program of Professor Brent McCown at the Department of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin. 'HyRed' is the result of a cross between the cultivar 'Stevens' and a 'Ben Lear' selection.

'HyRed' has been selected primarily for early and intense fruit color, with good color development of fruit even when buried beneath the canopy cover.

In preliminary small scale trials, 'HyRed' had fruit size and yields comparable to 'Stevens' and 'Ben Lear'. Below is a close-up of fruit harvested from a commercial marsh in northern Wisconsin on September 14th, 2001

We are interested in having a broader evaluation of this new hybrid cranberry and invite growers to participate. Limited propagation material of 'HyRed' will be available for planting in 2002. A license will not be required for these evaluation trials, however grower/evaluators will have to enter into a Materials Transfer Agreement (click here to see an example).

To put in an evaluation request or to obtain more information, email Eric Zeldin (elzeldin@wisc.edu) and put "HyRed" as the subject.