Details for: PI 541481, Pyrus communis L., 'Pioneer #3'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Cultivar:
'Pioneer #3'
Origin:
Developed – Canada
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
15 Jan 1988
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:
'Pioneer #3'
Origin:
Developed – Canada
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
15 Jan 1988
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Cutting
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed

Canada

Donated
15 January 1988.
Wisconsin, United States
Comment: Scionwood rec'd from Damroth to NCGR-Corvallis
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Pioneer #3'
Type: Cultivar name

CANADA PYR103
Type: Institute identifier
Group: CANADA CGB
Canadian Clonal Gene Bank

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 2025
Type: Other or unclassified name
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
Pioneer 3 (PI 541549, 541481).-Originated in Brooks, Alberta, Canada, by A.L. Young. Introduced in 1934. Parentage unknown; fruited first in 1931. Fruit. small; oval to pyriform; skin greenish-yellow, blushed dull red; flesh whitish, medium firm, granular, juicy, sweet, quality fair, spicy as dessert fruit, fair as sauce; season mid-September. Tree: upright; vigorous; hardy; productive. - Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties
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.
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