Details for: DPRU 232, Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb, NE Plus

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Top Name:

NE Plus

Origin:

Developed – California, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1984

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D. A. Webb

Top Name:

NE Plus

Origin:

Developed – California, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

01 Oct 1984

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

California, United States
Comment: Developed on the A.T. Hatch ranch, Suisun, California.

Donated

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

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

NE Plus

Type: Unverified name

NE Plus Ultra

Type: Unverified name

R14T19

Type: Donor identifier

Donor location identifier

University of California

DPRU 232

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Almond. Per USDA Bulletin 1282, Almond Varieties in the United States, pg.95-98: "Tree: Vigorous grower, spreading (ratio of head to width, 1:1 1/3). Main branches - Rather long; vigorous, medium stocky. Branching angle medium acute. Twigs - Medium vigorous growth, rather stocky and rigid; grow straight or gently curved. Lenticels - Numerous; vary in size on same aged bark. Foliage - Quite dense; leaves very lare, rather flat. Blade - Very large; shape ovate, ovate-elliptical, or elliptical. Petiole - Rather short to medium, moderately stocky; medium rigid. Glands two to six, commonly two to four; irregular shaped, commonly oval and protruding medium in size, yellowish or grayish brown; often slightly stipulate near bae of blade on petiole; two glands frequently on base of blade. Bearing habit - Inclined to bear alternately and irregularly. Nut: Immature nut - Size large (1 3/4 by 1 1/4 by 7/8 to 2 1/4 by 1 1/4 by 1 inches). Shape long, irregular ovate, part on ventral side of axis ovate or oval, on dorsal side oblong oval. Hull - Outer surface light green; frequently colored with dark-green spots; turns yellowish green when ripening;pubescence abundant, green,fine short, gray. Inner surface pale gray, almost white, slowly turning brown as dehiscence continues. Hull - Very soft; texture varies somewhat with season; outer shell of medium thickness, often soft and crumbly, frequently firm. Outer surface grayish brown or light brown. Inner shell rather thin, hard, and tough. Kernel - Some doubles (14 to 17 per cent),size medium to large, usually do not completely fill shell. Comments - Especially valuable as a pollinizer of the 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.

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