Details for: DPRU 1535, Prunus domestica L., 'Pond's Seedling'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus domestica L.
Cultivar:
'Pond's Seedling'
Origin:
Developed – Massachusetts, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
08 Feb 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus domestica L.
Cultivar:
'Pond's Seedling'
Origin:
Developed – Massachusetts, United States
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
08 Feb 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed

Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Grown in the garden of Henry Hill, Boston and introduced by Samuel Pond.
Developer(s):
Donated

Massachusetts, United States
Comment: Intrduced by Samuel Pond of Cambridge, Massachusetts; seeds of a similiar varity were obtained from another Mr. Pond, an English amateur fruit grower
Donor(s):
08 February 1989.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Pond's Seedling'
Type: Cultivar name

DPRU 1535
Type: Site identifier

Dorr's Favorite
Type: Other or unclassified name

English Pond's Seedling
Type: Other or unclassified name

Farleigh Castle
Type: Other or unclassified name

Fonthill
Type: Other or unclassified name

Gros Prune
Type: Other or unclassified name

Grosse Prune d'Agen
Type: Other or unclassified name

Hungarian
Type: Other or unclassified name

Hungarian Prune
Type: Other or unclassified name

Oswego
Type: Other or unclassified name

Plum de l'Inde
Type: Other or unclassified name

Pond Seedling
Type: Other or unclassified name

Pond's Purple
Type: Other or unclassified name

Pond's Samling
Type: Other or unclassified name

Pourpree de Pond
Type: Other or unclassified name

Pride of Waterloo
Type: Other or unclassified name

Semis de Pond
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Type = Plum. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright, hardy, variable in productiveness; leaves smoewhat folded backward, oval, two and one-quarter inches wide; season of bloom intermediate in time and length, flowers one and five-sixteenths inches across, white; fruit late, season short, two inches by one and three-quarters inches in size, obovate or oval, suture very shallow, apex roundish, color varies from reddish purple to purplish-red, overspread with thick bloom; skin tough, separating readily; flesh attractive golden-yellow, not very juicy, fibrous, firm, of average sweetness, mild, not highly flavored; fair in quality; stone semi-free to free, one and one sixteenths inches by nine-sixteenths inch in size, long-oval; ship and keep well." See also "The American Fruit Culturist" by Thomas.
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
  • Hedrick, U. P. 1911. The Plums of New York. In: Hedrick, U. P. et al., The plums of New York 314-315. Note: Report of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station Number of accessions cited: 49
  • Thomas. The American Fruit Culturist. Number of accessions cited: 23
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