Details for: DPRU 201, Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb, 'Vesta'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Cultivar:

'Vesta'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1984

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Budwood	3 count		DPRU 201 0000F PL

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Cultivar:

'Vesta'

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1984

Improvement Status:

Uncertain improvement status

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

01 October 1984.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Vesta'

Type: Cultivar name

R1T20

Type: Donor identifier

Donor location identifier

University of California

DPRU 201

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Almond. Per Brooks and Olmo (see citation): "Orig. in Ripon, California, by U.S. Dept. of Agr. at the John Weststeyn ranch. Introd. in 1968. Later flowering sport of Nonpareil x 5A-3 [(Nonpareil x Jordan) x Jordanolo] x [Nonpareil x (Nonpareil x Eureka)]; cross made in 1956; sdlg. grown at Fresno, Calif., in plots cooperative with the Fresno State College Foundation; first fruited in 1960; selected by Robert W. Jones, U.S. Dept. of Agr. in 1960. Nut: shell soft, easily cracked; suture closed and kernel very similar to Nonpareil, but larger, few doubles, flavor good; ripens 10-14 days after Nonpareil. Tree: consistently productive; blooms with Nonpareil and pollinates that var.; is pollinated by Nonpareil; very vigorous; no signs of the heritable 'bud failure' or 'crazy top' disorder have been seen in the original tree or trees propagated from it; since Nonpareil and Jordanolo are subject to bud failure and both involved in the parentage, close observation of propagation materials should be made and any suspicious clones discarded; leaves more resistant to red spider mites than Nonpareil."

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Amygdalus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29890

Place of publication:

Feddes Repert. 74:24. 1967

Verified:

04/12/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Amygdalus dulcis Mill.

Autonym(s)
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb var. dulcis

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amygdalus communis L.
Amygdalus communis L. var. communis
Prunus amygdalus Batsch
Prunus communis (L.) Arcang.
Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb var. amara (DC.) Buchheim

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	almond		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	bitter almond	as Amygdalus communis ‘Amara’	1	Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications. Note: = Amygdalus communis L.
English	sweet almond	as Prunus dulcis var. dulcis	1	Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. Note: = Prunus dulcis var. dulcis
French	amandier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	amandier commun		2	Demilly, D. et al. 1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6. Note: GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
German	Bittermandelbaum	as Prunus dulcis var. amara	2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage Note: = Prunus dulcis var. amara
German	Knackmandel		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
German	Mandel		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Mandelbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Italian	mandorio		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji	āmondo		2	Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts
Portuguese	amendoeira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	amêndoa-amarga		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	amêndoa-doce		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	almendro		2	Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Swedish	bittermandel		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Swedish	mandel		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	bian tao	as Amygdalus communis	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Amygdalus communis L.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
FLWR-FRUIT	Size of Flowers	Typical size of floral blossoms	Large	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Ease of Harvesting	Ease with which nut detached from tree (indicated by fruit drop)	5 - Intermediate	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Ease of Hull Removal	Ease with which hull is removed from nut shell	5 - Intermediate	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Kernel Color Intensity	Intensity of brown in kernel coloration	5 - Intermediate (Ne Plus Ultra)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Kernel Pubescence	Extent of pubescence on kernel skin	5 - Intermediate (Desmaye)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Kernel Shape	Kernel shape as ratio of width to length	4 - Broad (.56 - .65)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Shriveling of Kernel	Degree of shriveling or wrinkling of kernel	3 - Slightly wrinkled (Nonpareil)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Kernel Size	Relative size of average kernel	5 - Intermediate (Nonpareil)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Kernel Taste	Predominant perceived taste of kernel	3 - Sweet (Nonpareil)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Shape of Nut	Typical shape in profile of full-size nut	3 - Oblong (A'i)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Size of Nut	Typical size of floral blossoms	5 - Medium (Nonpareil)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Shell Color Intensity	Intensity of brown tones in the outer nut shell	5 - Intermediate	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Softness of Outer Shell	Resistance of shell to opening	7 - Soft (broken by hand) (Princesse)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Markings of Outer Shell	Degree and type of marking on outer shell	5 - Intermediate	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Suture Opening of the Shell	Degree of seal or opening at the shell suture	5 - Open (about 2 mm)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Retention After Husking Shell	Amount of shell retained on husk after dehusking	0 - None retained	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Sepal Color	Predominant color of mature sepals	Green to Red	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Chill Hours at Full Bloom	Cumulative total of season's chill hours at time of full bloom	727	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Fruit Cropping	Yield per unit area of land relative to other accessions on same rootstocks, under the same management system at the same site.	5 - Intermediate	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of Full Bloom	Date on which 90% of flowers open	02/18/2006	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of Harvest Readiness	Date of nut harvest	08/31/2006	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Relative of Harvest Maturity	Season maturity for picking.	5 - Medium (Ferragnes)	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of Leaf Emergence	Date leaves begin to emerge	02/15/2006	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of Petal Fall	Date of initial petal fall	02/22/2006	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of Floral Shucking	Date of initial corolla shucking from swelling ovaries	03/07/2006	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of First Flower	Date of full opening of first flower	02/10/2006	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available
PRODUCTION	Condition of Tree	General health and vigor of specimen tree	5 - Mature - vigorous	ALMOND.CHAR.WEO.06	DPRU 201 0000A PL	Not Available