Details for: DPRU 558, Prunus domestica L., Warwick Shire Drooper


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus domestica L.
Top Name:
Warwick Shire Drooper
Origin:
Donated – California, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
04 Feb 1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus domestica L.
Top Name:
Warwick Shire Drooper
Origin:
Donated – California, 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
Donated
04 February 1986.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Warwick Shire Drooper
Type: Unverified name

RS 4-2
Type: Donor identifier
University of California

DPRU 558
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Type = Plum. Per Manual of Fruits (see citation): Related to Pershore Yellow Egg but in season later and of better quality for preserving. The canned product has an excellent appearance and bright clear-golden colour. In season last half of September. Oval or egg-shaped, medium to large, pale yellow, spotted and speckled with brownish red, light bloom; flesh yellowish, firm, flavour fair to good. Vigorous, making a very large tree with conspicuously drooping branches. Very hardy. Flowering early. Self-compatible. Cropping heavy. Originated as a seedling and propagated from suckers like Pershore Yellow Egg.
Prunus domestica L.
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus
Section:
Prunus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:

29888
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:475. 1753
Verified:
04/07/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica (9 active accession[s])
Prunus domestica L. subsp. insititia (L.) C. K. Schneid. (14 active accession[s])
Prunus domestica L. subsp. italica (Borkh.) Gams ex Hegi (0 active accession[s])
Prunus domestica L. subsp. syriaca (Borkh.) Janch. ex Mansf. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishwild plum  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)ameixa-comum  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)ameixa-européia  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)ameixa-preta  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)ameixa-roxa  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)ameixa-vermela  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishplommon  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseou zhou li  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 26 May 1992, from Prunus domestica L. to Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 08 Oct 1998, from Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica to Prunus domestica L.
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Citations
  • Simmon. 1978. Manual of Fruits. 159. Number of accessions cited: 1
Pedigree

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CHEMICALBRIXSoluble solids in random sample of fruit juice.13 PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
CHEMICALBRIXSoluble solids in random sample of fruit juice.13 PLUM.CHAR.WEO.05DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITFlesh ColorPredominant color of flesh at ripe.5 - Yellow (Regina d���Italia, Burbank) PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITGround ColorGround color of the skin of fully mature fruit.5 - Deep yellow (Early Golden) PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITStone AdherenceStone adherence to flesh of fully ripe fruit.7 - Clinging (Favorita del Sultano, Sorriso di Primavera) PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITFruit LengthLength of fruit measured in mm.28 PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITFruit WidthWidth of fruit measured in mm.23 PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITSkin BloomPresence or predominance of bloom (pruoise) layer on skin of ripe fruit7 - High (Bluefre, Allo) PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITSkin ColorDominant color of fully ripe skin (particularly when blush is not present)Lt Violet PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITShowiness of FlowersAppearance of flowers, comparing size of petals to that of stamen, and decorativeness of coronaShowy PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITColor of Flower PetalsTypical color of fully expanded flower blossom.White PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02DPRU 558 0000A PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITColor of Flower PetalsTypical color of fully expanded flower blossom.White PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
FLWR-FRUITSize of FlowersTypical size of floral blossoms.7 PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFlowers per BudObserved number of flowers emerging from single bud1 PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
MORPHOLOGYSepal ColorPredominant color of mature sepalsPink PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available
PHENOLOGYDate of RipenessDate first fruit ripens6/25/1997 PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97DPRU 558 0000B PLNot Available