Details for: PI 541282, Pyrus communis L., 'White Star'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'White Star'

Origin:

Developed – Uncertain

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

21 Feb 1981

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'White Star'

Origin:

Developed – Uncertain

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

21 Feb 1981

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1921.
Uncertain
Comment: Cultivar originated prior to 1921

Donated

21 February 1981.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Received from collection at Medford, OR to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Lombard, Porter, Oregon State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

'White Star'

Type: Cultivar name

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 603

Type: Other or unclassified name

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Listed in the Spring Hill Nursery catalog in 1921. Fruit small to medium in size, resembles Flemish Beauty in form and coloration. Flesh hard or breaking, lacking in juiciness. Mild flavor but mediocre in dessert quality. Fruit ripens very slowly and holds up well. Tree vigorous, spreading in habit with lusty, dark green foliage, moderately susceptible to blight. -- H. Hartman 1957.

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	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	PLOIDY LEVEL	Number of sets of chromosomes.	2x - diploid	PYRUS.PLOIDY.2012	CPYR 603 .002 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	9 - SEVERE DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCAB	CPYR 603 .002 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	PSEUDOMONAS	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY PSEUDOMONAS	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PEDICEL_ATTACHMENT	PEDICEL ATTACHMENT	U - SUNKEN	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CAVITY	CAVITY	AM - ACUTE MEDIUM	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CALYX	CALYX	P - PERSISTANT	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CALYX_BASIN	CALYX BASIN	OS - OBTUSE SHALLOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	4 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	5 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	8 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	87	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1986		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	88	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	92	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	94	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	99	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	101	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	105	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	92	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	96	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	105	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	106	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	108	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	110	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	120	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_RIPE	JULIAN DATE OF FULL RIPE FRUIT	295	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_RIPE	JULIAN DATE OF FULL RIPE FRUIT	297	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PRODUCTION	PRECOCITY	NUMBER OF YEARS FROM PLANTING TO FIRST FRUIT	3	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1986		Not Available