Details for: PI 541466, Pyrus communis L., 'Gansel Seckel'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Gansel Seckel'

Origin:

Developed – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

14 Mar 1987

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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National Clonal Germplasm Repository

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Gansel Seckel'

Origin:

Developed – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

14 Mar 1987

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

England, United Kingdom

Developer(s):

Williams, John

Donated

14 March 1987.
Virginia, United States
Comment: Rec'd from Elwood Fisher in Virginia to NCGR-Corvallis Cultivar originated ca 1820's
Donor(s):

Fisher, Elwood, James Madison University

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Gansel Seckel'

Type: Cultivar name

Williams, John

'Gansel Seckel Pear'

Type: Cultivar name

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 1698

Type: Other or unclassified name

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

There are no good reasons why this pear should be grown, it having received much more attention than it deserves during the half century it has been in America. It suffices to say that the fruits and trees are in no way equal to those of Seckel. While the pears are larger than those of Seckel, the yield is not as great, as the trees do not bear as regularly, nor as abund-antly; the crop ripens a little later. The fruits are not as well flavored, nor as attractively colored. The variety is still offered by many nurserymen, most of whom, however, condemn it with faint praise. Gansel Seckel was raised from seed a century ago by a Mr. Williams, Worcester, England.

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
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	103	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	108	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	112	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989	Not Available