Details for: DPRU 687, Prunus armeniaca L., MOONGOLD

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus armeniaca L.

Top Name:

MOONGOLD

Origin:

Developed – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

31 Jan 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 armeniaca L.

Top Name:

MOONGOLD

Origin:

Developed – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

31 Jan 1986

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1940.
Minnesota, United States
Comment: Originated in Excelsior, Minnesota, by A.N. Wilcox, T.S. Weir, and Shirley Trantanella, Minn. Agr. Exp. Sta. Fruit Bredding Farm. Intoduced in 1961

Donated

31 January 1986.

Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis

Accession Names and Identifiers

MOONGOLD

Type: Unverified name

DPRU 687

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Apricot. Per Brooks and Olmo (see citation): "Sibling of sungold; tested as Minn. 15. Fruit: oblate; medium, av. 1 3/4 in. in diam.; skin orange, rather tough, medium thick, medium juicy, orange-yellow, sweet, slightly subacid, very pleasant, quality very good; fine for dessert and processing; freestone; ripens in late July, before Sungold; hangs well on tree until ripe. Tree: size medium; rather spreading; vigorous; intended for the Minn. climate; self-unfruitful, but pollinated by Sungold. For home gardens."

Prunus armeniaca L.

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Armeniaca

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29841

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:474. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358493

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

03/22/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Prunus armeniaca L. var. ansu Maxim. (0 active accession[s])
Prunus armeniaca L. var. armeniaca (0 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	apricot		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Siberian apricot		1	Gilbert, L. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
French	abricotier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Aprikose		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Aprikosenbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Marille		2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
Portuguese	damasco		2	Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
Portuguese	damasqueiro		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	abricó		2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Spanish	albaricoque		2	Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos.
Spanish	damasco		2	Burkart, A. E., ed. 1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
Spanish	damasquino		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	aprikos		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xing	as Armeniaca vulgaris	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Armeniaca vulgaris Lam.

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