Details for: DPRU 58, Prunus avium (L.) L., 'Merton Heart'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus avium (L.) L.

Cultivar:

'Merton Heart'

Origin:

Donated – New York, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus avium (L.) L.

Cultivar:

'Merton Heart'

Origin:

Donated – New York, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Jan 1983

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

1983.
New York, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):

Way, Roger D., Cornell University

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Merton Heart'

Type: Cultivar name

DPRU 58

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Cherry. Per Brooks and Olmo (see citation): "Orig. in Merton Park, London, England, by the John Innes Institute. Introd. in 1947 in England and in the 1950's in the U.S....selected in 1930; tested as Merton 404. Fruit: large; heart-shaped; skin deep purplish crimson; ripens early, after Early Rivers and about 2 weeks before Napoleon; flesh dark red, juicy, meaty, flavor extremely rich. Tree: vigorous; very upright; markedly resistant to bacterial canker and blossom wilt; pollinated by Black Tartarian, Republican and Van."

Prunus avium (L.) L.

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Cerasus

Section:

Cerasus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29844

Place of publication:

Fl. suec. ed. 2, 165. 1755

Protologue link:

https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/idurl/1/11163

Verified:

03/03/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Prunus cerasus L. var. avium L.

Autonym(s)
Prunus avium (L.) L. var. avium

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench var. avium

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench var. aspleniifolia G. Kirchn.
Cerasus avium (L.) Moench var. sylvestris Ser.
Prunus avium (L.) L. var. aspleniifolia (G. Kirchn.) H. Jaeger
Prunus avium (L.) L. var. sylvestris (Ser.) G. Martens & Kemmler
Prunus macrophylla Poir.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	bird cherry		1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	gean		1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	mazzard cherry	applies to wild populations	1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	sweet cherry		1	Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
English	wild cherry		1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
French	cerisier des oiseaux		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	merisier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Herzkirsche		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Süßkirsche		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Süßkirschenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Vogelkirsche		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Italian	ciliegio		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-mizakura		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	cerejeira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	cerezo		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese	ou zhou tian ying tao	as Cerasus avium	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
Transcribed Korean	yangbeojnamu		2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
FLWR-FRUIT	Fruit Set	Presence of fruit on tree at time of ripening.	No	CHERRY.CHAR.WEO.05	DPRU 58 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of First Flower	Date of full opening of first flower	3/14/2005	CHERRY.CHAR.WEO.05	DPRU 58 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of First Flower	Date of full opening of first flower	3/20/2005	CHERRY.CHAR.WEO.05	DPRU 58 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Petal Fall	Date petals begin to dry and drop from tree	3/23/2005	CHERRY.CHAR.WEO.05	DPRU 58 0000A PL	Not Available