Details for: PI 541559, Pyrus communis L., 'Best Ever'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Best Ever'

Origin:

Developed – Oregon, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

25 May 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

This accession is not available. Contact site for status.

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Restricted Distribution due to Pathogen infection

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Best Ever'

Origin:

Developed – Oregon, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

25 May 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1935.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Cross made in the early 1900's
Developer(s):

Reimer, Frederic (Frank) C., Oregon State University

Donated

25 May 1989.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Budwood received at NCGR from David Sugar, Medford, OR.
Donor(s):

Sugar, David, Oregon State University

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Best Ever'

Type: Cultivar name

'Bestever'

Type: Cultivar name

OSU 20301

Type: Developer identifier

Oregon State University selection number.

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 2292

Type: Other or unclassified name

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

'Best Ever' pear, which holds exceptionally well in common storage, originated as a cross of 'Comice' x 'Louis Pasteur' made by Frank Reimer at the Southern Oregon Experiment Station in 1935. It was known as OSU 2-301 during trials. The fruit resembles 'Comice' in shape, but is somewhat smaller, and darker green in color, covered with fine russet like 'Louis Pasteur'. The flesh is sweet, spicy and very juicy, with a rich vinous flavor like that of 'Louis Pasteur'. It is harvested just before 'Bosc', about Sept. 15-20 in the Medford, Oregon area. It is generally marketed starting in January, and keeps well in conventional storage until April. Trees are quite productive and reasonably farmer-friently, although they are moderately susceptible to fire blight. -- Journal of the American Pomological Society 67:204, 2013.

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	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	PLOIDY LEVEL	Number of sets of chromosomes.	2x - diploid		PYRUS.PLOIDY.2007	CPYR 2292 .001 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	0 - 0 (No Fruit to assess)		PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCAB	CPYR 2292 .001 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	MILDEW	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY MILDEW	1 - NO DAMAGE	3	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2003.MILDEW	CPYR 2292 .001 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	MILDEW	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY MILDEW	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	4	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2002.MILDEW	CPYR 2292 .001 PL	Not Available
GENSTOCK	PYRUS CORE SUBSET	A flag to indicate the accession is part of the core subset			PYRUS.CORE.2012		Not Available