Details for: PI 690781, Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal, 'Susquehanna'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
Cultivar:
'Susquehanna'
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
Cultivar:
'Susquehanna'
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Received by NPGS:
21 Feb 1995
Improvement Status:
Clone
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed

Maryland, United States
Comment: Collected from PPF Orchard #1; Wye Research & Education Center (near Carmichael, MD); University of Maryland.
Donated
21 February 1995.
District of Columbia, United States

Donor(s):
December 2018.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Tree donated by Northwoods Nursery, Molalla, Oregon.
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Susquehanna'
Type: Cultivar name
(Selected by Neal Peterson, Pawpaw Foundation in 1995 named in 2003.

CASI 36
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

11-05
Type: Developer identifier

Narrative
Very large, rich fruit that handles well. Origin: developed by Neal Peterson of Peterson Pawpaws, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Blandy Experimental Farm, BEF-53 open pollinated; selected at Wye Research and Education Center, University of Maryland, Queenstown, Md. in 1994; part of multi-state variety trials from 1995-2000; introduced in 2001. Tested as 11-5. Fruit: very large, frequently more than 453 g (1 lb.); few seeds (4% by weight). Brix 26%. Flesh has a firm, buttery texture, similar to avocado; has a thick skin, fewer skin blemishes and handles better than other pawpaws; yield is good. Plant: Vigorous, ornamental tree with landscape potential; responds well to pruning. Mid-season flowering and mid-season ripening. U. S. plant issued 2004. -- HortScience, 2003.
Asimina triloba (L.) Dunal
Genus:
Asimina
Family:
Annonaceae
Nomen number:

4485
Place of publication:

Monog. Anonac. 83. 1817
Verified:
03/31/1994 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Annona triloba L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdog-banana  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
EnglishIndian-banana  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Englishpawpaw  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishpawpawtree  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchasiminier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanPapau  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishasimina  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishasimina  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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Description:
Open-pollinated BEF-53 Blandy Experimental Farm - 53
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