LINEAGE
(Timor Hybrid 832/1 x Caturra) x Pacamara
GENETIC DESCRIPTION
Introgressed (Catimor)
HISTORY
Anacafe 14 is supposed to have originated from a natural cross between a Catimor variety (Timor Hybrid 832/1 x Caturra) with Pacamara around 1980, in the Department of Chiquimula, Guatemala. It was discovered by farmer Francisco Manchamé. After several cycles of mass selection, in which a group of individual plants are selected based on their superior performance, and then seed from these plants is bulked to form a new generation. and genealogical selection by the National Coffee Association of Guatemala (ANACAFÉ), it was released as a commercial variety in 2014.
In 1981, Mr. Francisco Manchamé, a coffee producer farming in Camotán, Chiquimula, established a small plantation of Catimor near Pacamara trees. Spontaneously, by means of the natural hybridization, a plant with characteristics of high vigorosity, very productive and a large cherry was obtained. After several selection cycles that took more than 30 years, the Anacafé-14 variety was completed, which in addition to the aforementioned characteristics, has resistance to rust, drought tolerance and good cup quality.
The natural crossing that gave rise to this variety occurred in the village of El Tesoro, on the Bellas Flores de Oriente Estate, property of Mr. Francisco Manchamé. When the producer observed the new, outstanding characteristics of the plant in 1984, he began harvesting the best cherries and established a new plot solely composed of the new plants. This first plantation gave rise to the F1 Generation.
In 2005, during a visit to one of the plots on an estate owned by Mr. Noé Guerra, a technical advisor from Anacafe Region VII (Zacapa and Chiquimula) detected the new plants, which had been shared by Mr. Manchamé, and aware of the genetic potential, initiated a project to technically validate the characteristics of the new trees. After nine years of research consistently found valuable characteristics such as rust resistance, drought tolerance, excellent vegetative vigor and high productivity, the variety was released generally to the public.
The variety Anacafé-14, as it has been called, is quite short, has abundant branches and has fruits that are elliptical in form form and larger in relation to the standard coffee cherry. Anacafe is currently carrying out adaptability studies in other coffee growing areas in the country.
For more background on the history of the Catimor group of coffees, see T8667.
STATURE
Dwarf/Compact
LEAF TIP COLOR
Green
BEAN SIZE
Very Large
QUALITY POTENTIAL AT HIGH ALTITUDE
Good
YIELD POTENTIAL
High
COFFEE LEAF RUST
Resistant
COFFEE BERRY DISEASE (CBD)
Susceptible
NEMATODES
Susceptible
Source: World Coffee Research / Mercanta
