Details for: PI 541476, Pyrus communis L., 'Golden Spice'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Golden Spice'

Origin:

Developed – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

15 Jan 1988

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Golden Spice'

Origin:

Developed – Minnesota, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

15 Jan 1988

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1949.
Minnesota, United States
Comment: Cultivar released in 1949
Developer(s):

Unknown

Donated

15 January 1988.
Wisconsin, United States
Comment: Scionwood rec'd from Damroth to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):

Damroth, Michael S.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Golden Spice'

Type: Cultivar name

CANADA PYR109

Type: Institute identifier

Group: CANADA CGB

Canadian Clonal Gene Bank

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 2019

Type: Other or unclassified name

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Golden Spice.-Originated in Excelsior, Minnesota, by University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Parentage unknown; seed planted in 1914; selected about 1924; introduced in 1949. tested as Minnesota 4. Fruit: small; skin clear yellow with blush; flesh light yellow, juicy, flavor pleasant, tart, spicy; ripening in midseason; resembles Seckel in size, but not as sweet. Tree: very hardy; productive; a good parent for further breeding. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties Discarded - duplicate of PI 541547

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.

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