Details for: PI 673507, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch, Honeydew Hale


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
Top Name:
Honeydew Hale
Origin:
Developed – Pennsylvania, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Jan 1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
Top Name:
Honeydew Hale
Origin:
Developed – Pennsylvania, United States
Received by NPGS:
31 Jan 1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed
1936.
Pennsylvania, United States
Comment: Developed by Charles O. Grissinger in New Cumberland.
Donated
31 January 1986.
New Jersey, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Accession Names and Identifiers
Honeydew Hale
Type: Unverified name

C120
Type: Donor identifier

DPRU 681
Type: Site identifier

Narrative
Type = Peach. Notes on this cultivar: suture line is yellow as is thin segment of flesh from pit through skin along suture; flower pink, non-showy, probably pollen sterile if it is a bud sport of Hale; medium cropping efficiency; chilling requirement 850 hours; petiole gland shape round; flesh color white, fruit round, white ground color, low-medium firmness, good eating quality; freestone; ripens 2 days before Elberta; moderately resistant to bacterial leaf spot. Per Brooks and Olmo (see citation): "Fruit: large; skin white with pink blush; flesh white, marbled with yellow, with thin yellow segment from pit through skin along suture; freestone; good shipping qualities; resembles J. H. Hale. Tree: vigor medium; open, spreading; leaf glands reniform; flower small, pink."
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Amygdalus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:

30065
Place of publication:

Beytr. Entw. Gewachsreich 30. 1801
Verified:
05/09/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch f. compressa (Loudon) Rehder (0 active accession[s])
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch f. persica (0 active accession[s])
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nucipersica (Suckow) C. K. Schneid. (20 active accession[s])
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica (21 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Amygdalus persica L. var. camelliiflora (hort. ex L. H. Bailey) Ricker
Amygdalus persica L. var. densa (Makino) Ricker
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. camelliiflora hort. ex L. H. Bailey
Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. densa Makino

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishpeach  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Japanese Rōmajimomo  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese (Brazil)pêssego  2Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedishpersika  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesetao as Amygdalus persica2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Amygdalus persica L.
Transcribed Koreanbogsunganamu  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:120.
Annotations
  • Nomenclature Name Change: 27 May 1992, from Prunus persica (L.) Batsch to Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 08 Oct 1998, from Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. persica to Prunus persica (L.) Batsch
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Citations
  • Brooks, R. M. & H. P. Olmo. 1972. Register of new fruit and nut varieties, 2nd ed. University of California Press, Berkeley, California. 375. Number of accessions cited: 0
Pedigree
Description:
J.H. Hale mutation