Details for: PI 617554, Pyrus communis L., 'Bantam'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Cultivar:
'Bantam'
Origin:
Developed – Minnesota, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Cultivar:
'Bantam'
Origin:
Developed – Minnesota, United States
Received by NPGS:
14 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed
1940.
Minnesota, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1940
Developer(s):
Donated
14 February 1990.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Scionwood received from Gene Mielke to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Bantam'
Type: Cultivar name
University of Minnesota

CPYR 2371
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative
Bantam (PI 617554). -Originated in Excelsior, Minnesota, by University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Introduced in 1940. Parentage unknown; seed planted 1914; tested as Minnesota 3. Fruit: small; ovate; skin green, blushed red; flesh tender, melting, juicy, sweet, quality good; ripens in early September. Tree: very hardy; resistant to fire blight; upright-spreading; productive. -- Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties.

Size and dessert quality in Ohio unsatisfactory from commercial viewpoint. Reported to be hardy and very resistant to fire blight in Minnesota. -- F.S. Howlett, Ohio Ag. Experiment Station, 1957.

Pyrus communis L.
Genus:
Pyrus
Section:
Pyrus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

30474
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:479, 2:1200. 1753
Comment:
probably of hybrid origin
Verified:
07/07/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Pyrus communis L. subsp. caucasica (Fed.) Browicz (77 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. communis (39 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. pyraster (L.) Ehrh. (113 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pyrus asiae-mediae (Popov) Maleev
Pyrus balansae Decne.
Pyrus bourgaeana Decne.
Pyrus communis L. subsp. bourgaeana (Decne.) Nyman
Pyrus communis L. var. mariana Willk.
Pyrus domestica Medik.
Pyrus elata Rubtzov
Pyrus medvedevii Rubtzov

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishpear  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchpoirier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBirnbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBirne  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
GermanBirnenbaum  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italianpera  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italianpero  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmajiseiyō-nashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesepereira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpera  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanishperal  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishpäron  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi yang li as Pyrus communis var. sativa2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Pyrus communis var. sativa
Transcribed Koreanbyeongbaenamu  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:122.
Annotations
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Pathogens
Bioassay
  • P. communis 'Nouveau Poiteau'. NEGATIVE Inventory: CPYR 2371 .001 PL
  • Pyronia veitchii. NEGATIVE Inventory: CPYR 2371 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Unknown partneage - seedling selection

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICPLOIDY LEVELNumber of sets of chromosomes.2x - diploid PYRUS.PLOIDY.2012CPYR 2371 .001 PLNot Available
DISEASEFRUIT_SCABRATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB9 - SEVERE DAMAGE PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCABCPYR 2371 .001 PLNot Available