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Details for: PI 76202,
Prunus salicina
Lindl., Purple King
Summary
Passport
Taxonomy
Other
Pedigree
IPR
Observation
Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus salicina
Lindl.
Top Name:
Purple King
Origin:
Collected – New Zealand
Maintained:
Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis
Received by NPGS:
May 1925
PI Assigned:
1928
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Inventory Volume:
94
View original Plant Inventory data in pdf format
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Quantity
Note
Inventory
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Budwood
3 count
DPRU 792 0000A PL
Budwood
3 count
DPRU 841 0000A PL
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus salicina
Lindl.
Top Name:
Purple King
Origin:
Collected – New Zealand
Maintained:
Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis
Received by NPGS:
May 1925
PI Assigned:
1928
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
New Zealand
Locality:
Found on property of Mr. Quilard, Avondale Road, Avondale, Auckland.
Comment:
Named and propagated by Mr. Hayward Wright who discovered the seedling and first distributed it in 1921 Chance seedling.
Collector(s):
Wright, Hayward R., Avondale Nursery
Donated
California, United States
Donor(s):
USDA, ARS
May 1925.
New Zealand
Comment:
Received at Plant Introduction Garden, Chico, CA.
Donor(s):
Green, G.A., New Zealand Association of Nurseryman
Accession Names and Identifiers
Purple King
Type: Unverified name
OLD #125
Type: Donor identifier
USDA, ARS
DPRU 792
Type: Site identifier
DPRU 841
Type: Site identifier
Narrative
Type = Plum. Per Evaluation of Introduced Plum Varieties (see citation): "Fruit: diameter 5.0 cm, length 4.5 cm; roundish to round oblate; skin mostly red, medium heavy reddish-purple blush, medium bloom; flesh yellowish-orange, firm; sugar medium, acid low; 18.9% soluble solids; fair quality; stone semi-cling; medium yield; season last week of July. Large, attractive, bright fruit with fair quality. Apparently the same variety as PI 94216."
Prunus salicina
Lindl.
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Prunus
Section:
Prunus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:
30091
Place of publication:
Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7:239. 1828 ("1830")
Protologue link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44594745
Comment:
date of publication from K. Gandhi (pers. comm. via e-mail on 11 Jul 2012)
Verified:
05/13/2011
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Prunus salicina
Lindl. var.
cordata
Y. He & J. Y. Zhang
(0 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina
Lindl. var.
mandshurica
(Skvortsov) Skvortsov & A. I. Baranov
(2 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina
Lindl. var.
pubipes
(Koehne) L. H. Bailey
(0 active accession[s])
Prunus salicina
Lindl. var.
salicina
(3 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus thibetica
Franch.
Prunus trifolia
Roxb.
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
plum
1
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English
willow-leaf cherry
1
Pandey, A. et al.
2008. Genetic resources of
Prunus
(Rosaceae) in India. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:91-104.
Note:
introduced in India, and a minor cultivated resource
Swedish
japanskt plommon
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese
li
2
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-.
Flora of China (English edition).
Name
References
Annotations
Nomenclature Name Change:
26 May 1992, from
Prunus domestica
L. to
Prunus domestica
L. subsp.
domestica
Nomenclature Name Change:
27 May 1992, from
Prunus salicina
Lindl. to
Prunus domestica
L. subsp.
domestica
The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received:
23 Mar 1995, from
Prunus salicina
Lindl. to
Prunus domestica
L. subsp.
domestica
Taxonomic Re-Identification:
08 Oct 1998, from
Prunus domestica
L. subsp.
domestica
to
Prunus salicina
Lindl.
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Citations
Smith, R. L., L. E. Joley, & W. L. Ackerman.
1964. Evaluation of Introduced Plum Varieties. In: Smith, R. L., L. E. Joley, & W. L. Ackerman, Evaluation of introduced plum varieties 39.
Number of accessions cited:
74
Pedigree
Material Transfer Agreement
Observations
Phenotype Data
Category
Descriptor
Description
Value
Sample Size
Study
Inventory
Availability
CHEMICAL
BRIX
Soluble solids in random sample of fruit juice.
15
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
CHEMICAL
BRIX
Soluble solids in random sample of fruit juice.
15
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Red Over Color (blush)
Overcolor of the skin of fully mature fruit.
3 - Red - violet (Ente GF 707, Morettini 355)
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Red Over Color (blush)
Overcolor of the skin of fully mature fruit.
3 - Red - violet (Ente GF 707, Morettini 355)
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Flesh Color
Predominant color of flesh at ripe.
5 - Yellow (Regina d���Italia, Burbank)
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Ground Color
Ground color of the skin of fully mature fruit.
1 - Green (Regina Claudia Verde, Burbank)
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Percent Blush
Portion of fruit surface affected by pigmented blush.
90
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Stone Adherence
Stone adherence to flesh of fully ripe fruit.
7 - Clinging (Favorita del Sultano, Sorriso di Primavera)
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Fruit Length
Length of fruit measured in mm.
40
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Fruit Width
Width of fruit measured in mm.
42
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Skin Bloom
Presence or predominance of bloom (pruoise) layer on skin of ripe fruit
5 - Medium (Ente GF 707, Ozark Premier)
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Skin Color
Dominant color of fully ripe skin (particularly when blush is not present)
Carmine
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT
Showiness of Flowers
Appearance of flowers, comparing size of petals to that of stamen, and decorativeness of corona
Showy
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02
DPRU 841 0000A PL
MORPHOLOGY
Flowers per Bud
Observed number of flowers emerging from single bud
1 to 2
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02
DPRU 841 0000A PL
MORPHOLOGY
Sepal Color
Predominant color of mature sepals
Green
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02
DPRU 841 0000A PL
PHENOLOGY
Date of Ripeness
Date first fruit ripens
7/15/1997
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Date of First Flower
Date of full opening of first flower
2/25/2002
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available
PHENOLOGY
Leaf Emergence
Comparative timing of leaf emergence and bloom
Same time as bloom
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02
DPRU 841 0000A PL
PRODUCTION
Cropping Efficiency
The yield per unit area of land relative to other cultivar on the same rootstock, under the same management system and at the same site.
1 - Extremely low (Gilbert, S. Rosa)
PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97
DPRU 792 0000B PL
Not Available