Details for: DPRU 136, Prunus avium (L.) L., Merton Favorite


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus avium (L.) L.
Top Name:
Merton Favorite
Origin:
Developed – England, United Kingdom
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus avium (L.) L.
Top Name:
Merton Favorite
Origin:
Developed – England, United Kingdom
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
01 Jan 1983
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed
NEAR 1930.
England, United Kingdom
Comment: Per Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties, 2nd ed.: "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."
Developer(s):
Donated
1983.
New York, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Merton Favorite
Type: Unverified name

DPRU 136
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Type = Cherry. Per The Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties 2nd ed. (see citation): "Fruit: large; oval; skin and flesh deep purplish-crimson to black; flavor exellent; cracks sometimes; ripens with or before Napolean (Royal Ann). Tree: moderately vigorous; much branched; pollinated by Black Tartarian, Republican and Van; bears well."
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
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbird cherry  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Englishgean  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishmazzard cherry applies to wild populations1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishsweet cherry  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishwild cherry  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Frenchcerisier des oiseaux  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmerisier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanHerzkirsche  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
GermanSüßkirsche  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
GermanSüßkirschenbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanVogelkirsche  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Italianciliegio  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Japanese Rōmajiseiyō-mizakura  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesecerejeira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcerezo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chineseou zhou tian ying tao as Cerasus avium2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Cerasus avium (L.) Moench
Transcribed Koreanyangbeojnamu  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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Citations
  • Brooks, R. M. & H. P. Olmo. 1972. Register of new fruit and nut varieties, 2nd ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 191. Number of accessions cited: 0
Pedigree
Description:
KNIGHT X BIGARREAU DE SCHRECKEN