Details for: PI 541537, Pyrus communis L., 'Orcas'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Orcas'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

19 Jan 1989

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:

'Orcas'

Origin:

Developed – Washington, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

19 Jan 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1988.
Washington, United States
Comment: Cultivar introduced in 1988
Developer(s):

Long, Joseph C.

Donated

19 January 1989.
Washington, United States
Comment: Scionwood received from Raintree Nursery in Washington to NCGR-Corvallis.
Donor(s):

Raintree Nursery

19 March 1999.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):

Chozinski, Annie

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Orcas'

Type: Cultivar name

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 2206

Type: Other or unclassified name

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Orcas (PI 541537).-A fall pear suitable for fresh consumption, canning, and drying. Discovered on Orcas Island, Washington, by Joseph C. Long in 1966. Roadside seedling of unknown parentage. Fruit: medium to large, 65 to 80 mm in diam., elongated, with broad base, slightly lumpy; short stem; skin yellow with green dots and red-orange blush. Flesh creamy white, juicy, mild flavor, small core. Ripens 2 days after Bartlett in western Washington; stores 11 weeks at 1C. Tree: upright, becoming spreading; blooms 5 days after Bartlett; partially self-fruitful; pollen cross-compatible with Bartlett. - 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

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.2013	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	0 - 0 (No Fruit to assess)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCAB	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (TC)6A(CT)20 F: 5ATTGGAACTCTCCGTATTGTGC3 R: 5ATCAACAGTAGTGGTAGCCGGT3	91:95	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CT)17 F: 5GTTCTATCTACCAAGCCACGCT3 R: 5CGTTTGTGTGTTTTACGTGTTG3	118:118	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (AG)7 F: 5TCCCGCCATTTCTCTGC3 R: 5GTTTAAACCGCTGCTGCTGAAC3	125:125	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (AC)13 F: 5GCGATTAAAGATCAATAAACCCATA3 R: 5AAGCAGCTGGTTGGTGAAAT3	153:153	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CA)6TT(CT)21 F: 5GCCCAGAAGCAATAAGTAAACC3 R: 5ATTGCTCCATGCATAAAGGG3	111:111	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)19 F: 5CAAGGAAATCATCAAAGATTCAAG3 R: 5CAAGTGGCTTCGGATAGTTG3	122:138	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)21 F: 5GCCATCTGAACAGAATGTGC3 R: 5GTTTCCCTTCATTCACATTTCCAG3	161:161	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CT)25 F: 5CGGCGGAAAGCAATCACCT3 R: 5GTTTGCCAGCCCTCTATGGTTCTCAGA3	145:175	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)22 F: 5TTGAAGATGTTTGGCTGTGC3 R: 5TGCATGTCTGTCTCCTCCAT3	199:205	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CT)19 F: 5CCCTACACAGTTTCTCAACCC3 R: 5CGTTTTTGGAGCGTAGGAAC3	177:183	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (TC)12 F: 5AATAAGCATTCAAAGCAATCCG3 R: 5TTTTTCCAAATCGAGTTTCGTT3	230:236	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GA)11 F: 5CTCCGCCGCTATAACACTTC3 R: 5GTTTACTCTGGAGGGTATGTCAAAG3	282:288	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (ACG)6 F: 5CATTAATACGCTGCTGTTTCTGC3 R: 5GTTCTTACTTGAATTGGGGTAGGGATTGT3	193:196	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (ACC)6 F: 5ACTCTCCGCAAAACAATGTCGTA3 R: 5GTTCTTTGTGAGAGTTTGAGGAGGAGAGC3	150:150	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CCACCG)2(CCA)4 F: 5TTCACTGCCCTTTTTACGTATGC3 R: 5GTTCTTCCCCGACAATCTGTAGAGAATCA3	170:170	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GATCAT)3 F: 5ATCCCAGCATTTCCCAAGATTTT3 R: 5CCGTCCGTGATACCTCTGTC3	298:298	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (TTC)5 F: 5GGTCATCACCCACTTAAAAACCA3 R: 5GTTCTTGTGCCCTGAAGTAATTGAGATGG3	156:156	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CCA)5, (CCT)5 F: 5GCTACCACAACAAGCTCAACAG3 R: 5GTTTATGTCATCCTGCTGATGTCC3	366:366	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (GTG)6 F: 5CGTTCCGATGAAGTGAAAGAG3 R: 5GTTTCCTGAAACTTGCCAATTGAAAC3	329:329	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available
MOLECULAR	SSR marker	Motif: (CAGCT)5 F: 5CCCTACAGAGTCATGCATCC3 R: 5GTTTGATGCTGGAGACGAGAAA3	107:107	PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublished	CPYR 2206 .002 PL	Not Available