Details for: PI 688090, Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder, 'Snowflake'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder

Cultivar:

'Snowflake'

Origin:

Donated – Hebei Sheng, China

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder

Cultivar:

'Snowflake'

Origin:

Donated – Hebei Sheng, China

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

29 Mar 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Source History

Donated

29 March 1989.
Hebei Sheng, China

Donor(s):

Li, Shulin, Jujube Research Center

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Xuehuali'

Type: Cultivar name

'Snowflake'

Type: Cultivar name

CPYR 2681

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Snowflower

Type: Duplicate accession name

Q 27647

Type: Quarantine identifier

ASIAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

BE-2242

Type: Other or unclassified name

T 27647

Type: Inventory

Narrative

Xuehuali (Snowflake) - This is one of the most popular Chinese pear cultivars in China. It has been extensively grown in Shijiazhuang district , Hebei province. It was a chance seedling. Xuehuali matures in mid-late September. The fruits are are very large, generally weighing around 30 g, broad-ovate in shape with a long stem (5.5-6.3 cm long), greenish-yellow to golden yellow in color; the flesh is white, firm, crisp, juicy, very sweet, with a few grit cells around the core, best of eating quality. The fruit keeps very long, it can be stored in the common cellars to may. The tree grows moderately vigorous, bears early and crops heavily. This cultivar is a good pollinator for Ya Li. Its productivity is not as high as Ya Li, but many people prefer its large fruit and richer sweeter flavor. -- Wang Yu-Lin, 1996

Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder

Genus:

Pyrus

Section:

Pashia

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

30462

Place of publication:

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 50:231. 1915, pro sp.

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3106615

Comment:

probably a complex hybrid fide M. N. Westwood (pers. comm.)
valid publication verified from original literature

Verified:

07/06/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	Chinese white pear		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: not as hybrid
English	white pear		1	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: not as hybrid
German	weiße Birne		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: not as hybrid
Transcribed Chinese	bai li	as Pyrus bretschneideri	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: not as hybrid

Annotations

Taxonomic Re-Identification: 02 Dec 2009, from Pyrus spp. to Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	PLOIDY LEVEL	Number of sets of chromosomes.	2x - diploid	PYRUS.PLOIDY.2012	CPYR 2681 .002 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	0 - 0 (No Fruit to assess)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCAB	CPYR 2681 .002 PL	Not Available
GENSTOCK	PYRUS CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset		PYRUS.CORE.2012		Not Available