Details for: PI 300692, Pyrus communis L., 'Doyenne du Comice'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Doyenne du Comice'

Origin:

Developed – France

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

24 Mar 1981

PI Assigned:

1964

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Inventory Volume:

172
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Availability

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National Clonal Germplasm Repository

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Doyenne du Comice'

Origin:

Developed – France

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

24 Mar 1981

PI Assigned:

1964

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1849.
France
Comment: Cultivar originated in 1849, introduced to USA in 1850
Developer(s):

Comice Horticole

Donated

24 March 1981.
Maryland, United States
Comment: Received from England to Glenn Dale, MD to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Waterworth, Howard, USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Doyenne du Comice'

Type: Cultivar name

CPYR 145

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

Comice

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

From the first seed bed in the fruit garden of Comice Horticole, Angers, Department of Maine-et-Loire, France. First fruited in 1849. Introduced into America, 1850. First recommended for general cultivation by A.P.S. in 1862. Fruit medium to large, sometimes very large, obovate-obtuse-pyriform. Skin fairly thick, granular, susceptible to blemishes, sometimes russeted, greenish-yellow in color, often blushed. Flesh very fine, melting, extremely juicy, quite free of grit. Sweet, rich, aromatic, vinous flavor. Regarded by many as the standard of dessert quality smong pears. Midseason. Fruit inclined to bruise easily in the ripe stage. Tree large, stately, vigorous, but slow in coming into bearing. Semi-dwarf on quince, moderately susceptibl to fire blight. Doyenne du comice is a temperamental variety which reaches perfection only under limited conditions of soil, climate, and location. -- H. Hartman, Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station, 1957

Comice is marketed by Harry and David in southern Oregon under the trademark name 'Royal Riviera'.

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

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358498

Comment:

probably of hybrid origin

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

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

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	pear		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	poirier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birnbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birne		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Birnenbaum		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italian	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian	pero		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-nashi		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	pereira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	peral		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	päron		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi yang li	as Pyrus communis var. sativa	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Pyrus communis var. sativa
Transcribed Korean	byeongbaenamu		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:122.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	2 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988	Not Available
DISEASE	PSEUDOMONAS	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY PSEUDOMONAS	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988	Not Available
DISEASE	RUST	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY RUST	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1986	Not Available
INSECT	BLISTER_MITES	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY BLISTER MITES	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1986	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PEDICEL_ATTACHMENT	PEDICEL ATTACHMENT	U - SUNKEN	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CALYX	CALYX	P - PERSISTANT	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GROUND_COLOR	GROUND COLOR	YG - YELLOW GREEN	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	OVER_COLOR	OVERCOLOR	BL - BLUSH	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	OVERCOLOR_AMT	PERCENT OF FRUIT SURFACE WITH OVERCOLOR	25	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	RUSSET	AMOUNT OF RUSSETING	4 - (1 = NONE, 9 = COMPLETELY RUSSETED)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	RUSSET_LOCATION	LOCATION OF RUSSETING	C - CALYX END	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	RUSSET_LOCATION	LOCATION OF RUSSETING	P - PEDICEL END	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LENTICELS	NUMBER OF LENTICELS	5 - (1 = FEW, 9 = MANY)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LENTICEL_SIZE	SIZE OF LENTICELS	3 - (1 = SMALL, 9 = LARGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH_COLOR	FLESH COLOR	W - WHITE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH_TEXTURE	FLESH TEXTURE	2 - (1 = FINE, 9 = COARSE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUITCORE	CORE	D - DISTANT	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CARPEL_NUMBER	NUMBER OF CARPELS	5	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GRIT	NUMBER OF STONE CELLS	2 - (1 = NO STONE CELLS, 9 = MANY STONE CELLS)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GRIT_SIZE	SIZE AND LOCATION OF STONE CELLS	S - SMALL	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CORE_BREAKDOWN	DEGREE OF CORE BREAKDOWN, DETERMINED ON TREE RIPENED FRUIT	1 - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	OXIDATION	OXIDATION OF CUT MEASURED AFTER 5 MINUTES	2 - (1 = NONE, 9 = SEVERE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	1 - LOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	6 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	9 - HIGH	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	91	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	93	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	96	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	98	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1986	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	100	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	102	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	98	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	111	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	112	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988	Not Available