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Details for: Ames 13274,
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
, 'EDISTO'
Summary
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Taxonomy
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Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'EDISTO'
Origin:
Collected – Canarias, Spain
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
18 Aug 1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
Cultivar:
'EDISTO'
Origin:
Collected – Canarias, Spain
Maintained:
North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station
Received by NPGS:
18 Aug 1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Vine
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected
18 April 1987.
Canarias, Spain
Locality:
Guatiza, Las Palmas (Lanzarote) Province.
Coordinates:
29.1333, -13.4667
(Map it)
Collector(s):
Nuez, F.V., Escuela Tecnica Sup. de Ing. Agronomos
Donated
18 August 1987.
Lazio, Italy
Donor(s):
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
Accession Names and Identifiers
'EDISTO'
Type: Cultivar name
Melon carraqueiro
Type: Local name
CA-C-7
Type: Collector identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
Ames 13274
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7
USDA ARS NCRPIS
Narrative
Fruits elongated, 5-7kg. Breeder: Clemson College, Blackville, South Carolina. Vendor: South Carolina Crop Improvement Association. Parentage: open seedling of Smith's Perfect. Characteristics: hard rind, firm, thick flesh; one week later than Hale's Jumbo. Resistance: high to alternaria, moderate to downy mildew, and powdery mildew. Similar: Smith's Perfect. Adaptation: southeastern United States, possibly Kansas and Iowa. South Carolina. Agr. Res. 3:4. October 1956.
Cucumis melo
L. subspp.
melo
Genus:
Cucumis
Subgenus:
Cucumis
Section:
Cucumis
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
12564
Verified:
02/06/1996
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucumis melo
L.
(151 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo
(171 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
agrestis
Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chate
(Hasselq.) Sageret
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
chito
(C. Morren) Naudin
(1 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
conomon
(Thunb.) Makino
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
dudaim
(L.) Naudin
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
momordica
(Roxb.) Duthie & J. B. Fuller
(0 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
agrestis
(Naudin) Pangalo var.
texanus
Naudin
(45 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
cantalupo
Ser.
(21 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
flexuosus
(L.) Naudin
(47 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. subsp.
melo
var.
inodorus
H. Jacq.
(3 active accession[s])
Cucumis melo
L. var.
melo
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bryonia collosa
Rottler
Cucumis collosus
(Rottler) Cogn.
Cucumis trigonus
Roxb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
melon
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
German
Melone
2
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italian
melone
2
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Japanese Rōmaji
meron
2
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedish
melon
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
tian gua
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean
chamoe
2
Mun-Chan, B. et al.
1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:93.
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Description:
Open seedling of Smith's Perfect.
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
2.33
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
Ames 13274 98ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
4.42
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
Ames 13274 97ncai01 SD
Not Available
PRODUCTION
100 SEED WEIGHT
100 SEED WEIGHT
5.7
NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLE
Ames 13274 90ncao01 SD
Not Available