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Details for: DPRU 544, Prunus americana Marshall, 'Wolf'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus americana Marshall

Cultivar:

'Wolf'

Origin:

Developed – Iowa, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

04 Feb 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus americana Marshall

Cultivar:

'Wolf'

Origin:

Developed – Iowa, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

04 Feb 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

NEAR 1852.
Iowa, United States
Comment: Developed on the farm of D. B. Wolf, Wapello County.

Donated

04 February 1986.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis.
Donor(s):

University of California

13 February 1988.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis. UCD Pomology Dept. location: species block: S 9-7.
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Wolf'

Type: Cultivar name

DPRU 544

Type: Site identifier

American Plum

Type: Other or unclassified name

August Plum

Type: Other or unclassified name

Goose Plum

Type: Other or unclassified name

Hog Plum

Type: Other or unclassified name

Wild Plum

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Per Plums and Plum Culture, "The American Plums Described," p. 167: "Wolf.--Fruit oval or round oval; size medium to large; cavity shallow; suture a faint line; color crimson over orange, marked like a bird's egg; dots several, red, pretty; bloom bluish; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow; stone medium large, oval, slightly flattened, perfectly free; quality fair to good, season medium early; tree a good grower and productive...One of the most popular of all native plums." Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): " ...skin thick; flesh yellow, firm, fibrous, good, free. Mid-season. Tree strong grower, prolific. Good for home and market." Per The Plums of New York (see citation): "...tree productive...apex taper-pointed, margin coarsely and doubly serrate, eglandular...petiole globose...blooming season of average length, late...fruit mid-season, ripening period short; less than one inch in diameter, roundish-oval or somewhat obovate...apex roundish or flattened; color dull crimson, thickly mottled...stone semi-free to free, five-eighths inch by three-eighths inch in size..." Per Ali Almehdi: "Flowers white, one inch across. Fruit contains flattened stone." For further info read Plums in South Dakota (see citation).

Prunus americana Marshall

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Prunocerasus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29831

Place of publication:

Arbust. amer. 111. 1785

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42762699

Verified:

03/09/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Autonym(s)
Prunus americana Marshall var. americana

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	American plum			1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	American red plum			1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
English	goose plum			1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
French	prunier américain			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	amerikanische Pflaume			2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Amerikapflaume			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese	ameixeira-americana			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	ciruelo americano			2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	amerikanskt plommon			2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations

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Pathogens

Vouchers

Citations

Hansen, N. E. 1905. Plums in South Dakota, Bulletin 93. 42. Number of accessions cited: 2
Hedrick, U. P. 1910. The Plums of New York. In: Hedrick, U. P. et al., The plums of New York 380-381. Note: Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station Number of accessions cited: 3
Thomas. The American Fruit Culturist. 550. Number of accessions cited: 23

Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	Leaf Characteristics	Observed unique characteristics of leaves	Hairs		PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97	DPRU 544 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flowers per Bud	Observed number of flowers emerging from single bud	5+		PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 544 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Sepal Color	Predominant color of mature sepals	Green		PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 544 0000B PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Leaf Emergence	Comparative timing of leaf emergence and bloom	After bloom		PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 544 0000B PL	Not Available