Details for: DPRU 547, Prunus nigra Aiton, 'Aitken'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus nigra Aiton

Cultivar:

'Aitken'

Origin:

Collected – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

04 Feb 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus nigra Aiton

Cultivar:

'Aitken'

Origin:

Collected – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

04 Feb 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

NEAR 1896.
Minnesota, United States
Comment: Found growing wild in Aitkin County, Minnesota, by D.C. Hazleton on land adjoining his farm.

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: 10-9.
Donor(s):

University of California

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Aitken'

Type: Cultivar name

SP 10-9

Type: Donor identifier

Seedling block location

University of California

DPRU 547

Type: Site identifier

Canada Plum

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Type = Plum. Per Ali Almehdi: Close to P. americana but teeth of leaf gland tipped, petiole with 2 glands and flowers are larger. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Tree vigorous, productive, ripening its wood very early; fruit earliest in season of its group; large for its class, oval, deep red, with no bloom; skin thin, not astringent; flesh yellow, juicy, sweet and rich; good; stone large, oval, flattened, clinging." Per Plums and Plum Culture, pg. 169: "Fruit oblique oval; size medium to large; cavity shallow; stem medium long; suture a dim line; color even dark red; dots very minute, hardly visible; skin thin, remarkable so for a plum of this group; flesh yellow; stone large oval, very much flattened, cling; flavor modrately rich and sweet; quality good; season medium to early; tree vigorous and productive."

Prunus nigra Aiton

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Prunocerasus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

30053

Place of publication:

Hort. kew. 2:165. 1789

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4864584

Comment:

valid publication verified from original literature

Verified:

05/08/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus americana Marshall var. lanata Sudw.
Prunus americana Marshall var. mollis (Torr.) Torr. & A. Gray

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	black plum	1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:515.
English	Canada plum	1	Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:379.
French (Canada)	prunier noir	2	Rohrer, J. R. 2011. Prunus (Rosaceae). In: FNA Editorial Committee, Flora of North America. 9:379.
German	Bitterkirsche	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Kanada-Pflaume	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:515.
Swedish	kanadaplommon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

Annotations