Details for: PI 616922, Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier, 'Pegasus'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier

Cultivar:

'Pegasus'

Origin:

Developed – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

20 May 1998

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier

Cultivar:

'Pegasus'

Origin:

Developed – England, United Kingdom

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

20 May 1998

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Reproductive Uniformity:

Hybrid

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Developed

1990.
England, United Kingdom

Developer(s):

Simpson, David W., East Malling Research Station

Donated

20 May 1998.
England, United Kingdom

Donor(s):

Darby Brothers Farms,Ltd.

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Pegasus'

Type: Cultivar name

Group: STRAWBERRY

David Simpson cultivar release tested as ES608 introduced in 1990

ES608

Type: Developer identifier

Group: FRAGARIA

CFRA 1670

Type: Site identifier

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Parentage: Pegasus (formerly ES608) was raised in 1977 from the cross Redgauntlet x Gorella. It was released in the UK in 1990.Fruit Quality: The berries are very attractive with a regular shape and bright, gloss skin finish. The skin is strong, giving good resistance to damage during handling, but the flesh is not as firm as Elsanta. The texture is juicy and the flavour pleasantly sweet, but not strong.Yield and Fruit Size: In trials at East Malling Pegasus has consistently produced a class 1 yield within 10% either side of that for Elsanta. Fruit size is also similar to Elsanta and it is maintained well in the second cropping year.Season: Three to seven days later than Elsanta in the UK.Marketing Suitability: Pegasus tends to darken more quickly than Elsanta post harvest but in other respects the shelf life is similar and it has been successfully test marketed to supermarkets as well as wholesalers. The lower inputs required to grow Pegasus also make it attractive to pick-your-own growers.Plant Characteristics: The plants are moderately vigorous with an erect habit. The fruit is well displayed and easy to pick. Best trial results have been obtained where Pegasus has been grown on medium or heavy soils; it does not perform so well on very light sandy soils.Disease Resistance: Pegasus has a good level of resistance to both Verticillium dahliae and Phytrophthora cactorum. It has some race specific resistance to Phytophthora fragariae, similar to Redgauntlet. It is moderately susceptible to Sphaerotheca macularis but other airborne fungal leaf diseases have not been observed to cause problems in field plantings.Use of the Variety: Pegasus is a dessert variety and offers growers a useful alternative to Elsanta, particularly where there are problems with Verticillium dahliae and/or Phytophthora cactorum. Although the fruit is slightly softer than Elsanta, Pegasus has the advantages of not being prone to produce distorted green tips, or to splitting in a wet season. The inherent disease resistance of Pegasus means that it can be grown satisfactorily using a lower input system than that necessary for Elsanta.

David Simpson cultivar release tested as ES608 introduced in 1990

Cultivar Synonym= ES608

Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier

Genus:

Fragaria

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Rosoideae

Tribe:

Potentilleae

Subtribe:

Fragariinae

Nomen number:

244

Place of publication:

Cours compl. agric. 5:52, t. 5, fig. 1. 1785 (A. N. Duchesne in J. B. A. P. M. de Lamarck, Encycl. 2:538. 1788)(A. N. Duchesne, Hist. nat. frais. 190. 1766, as "races principales")

Verified:

03/24/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier nothosubsp. ananassa (1 active accession[s])
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier nothosubsp. cuneifolia (Nutt. ex Howell) Staudt (57 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Fragaria ×ananassa Duchesne ex Rozier var. ananassa

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Fragaria chiloensis (L.) Mill. var. ananassa (Duchesne ex Rozier) Ser.
Potentilla ×ananassa (Duchesne ex Rozier) Mabb.

Invalid Designation(s)
Fragaria ×magna auct.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	garden strawberry	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
English	strawberry	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	fraisier	2	Feuillet, C. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. French common names
French	fraisier ananas	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Ananaserdbeere	2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
German	Erdbeere	2	Conrad, L. R. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Gartenerdbeere	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Kulturerdbeere	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage Note: lists as Fragaria ×ananassa (Duchesne) Guédès
Japanese Rōmaji	oranda-ichigo	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Portuguese	morangueiro	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	fresa	2	León, B. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. Spanish common names
Spanish	fresa ananás	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Korean	ttalgi	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
DISEASE	1 highly resistant	highly resistant to crown rot		2	FRAGARIA.Eikemo.etal.CROWNROT.2003	CFRA 1670 .001 PL	Not Available
GENSTOCK	TRUE TO TYPE	Confirmation of cultivar identity based on pedigree analysis (parents and or offspring) using molecular markers	YES		FRAGARIA.Zurn.etal.PopulationStructure.2022	CFRA 1670 .001 PL	Not Available