Details for: PI 318838, Pyrus communis L., 'Menie'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Cultivar:
'Menie'
Origin:
Developed – Ontario, Canada
Received by NPGS:
25 Sep 1987
PI Assigned:
1967
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:
'Menie'
Origin:
Developed – Ontario, Canada
Received by NPGS:
25 Sep 1987
PI Assigned:
1967
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed
1947.
Ontario, Canada
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1947
Developer(s):
Donated
25 September 1987.
Maryland, United States
Comment: Rec'd from Res. Inst. Pomology, Skierniewice to Glenn Dale to NCGR-Corvallis.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Menie'
Type: Cultivar name

CPYR 1723
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative
Menie (PI 318838).-Originated in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, by Canada Dept. Agr., Research Station. Introduced in 1947. Kurskaya x Flemish Beauty; selected in 1930. Fruit: large; flavor pleasant; quality good. Tree: hardy; vigorous; slow to come into bearing. Recommended for home gardens in eastern Ontario and Quebec. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties.

Scions presented by the Research Institute of Pomology, Skierniewice, Poland. Received by the USDA Plant Industry Station in Beltsville, Maryland on 24 January, 1967. Received as Pyrus communis 'Menie'. -- USDA Plant Inventory No. 175.

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 1723 .001 PL
  • Pyronia veitchii. NEGATIVE Inventory: CPYR 1723 .001 PL
Vouchers
Citations
Pedigree
Description:
Kurskaya x Flemish Beauty

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICPLOIDY LEVELNumber of sets of chromosomes.2x - diploid PYRUS.PLOIDY.2013CPYR 1723 .001 PLNot Available
DISEASEFRUIT_SCABRATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB0 - 0 (No Fruit to assess) PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCABCPYR 1723 .001 PLNot Available