Details for: PI 133529, Prunus cerasifera Ehrh., 'Early Gem'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

Cultivar:

'Early Gem'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

25 Jul 1939

PI Assigned:

1939

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Inventory Volume:

140
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Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

Cultivar:

'Early Gem'

Origin:

Collected – Australia

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

25 Jul 1939

PI Assigned:

1939

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Collected

Australia

Donated

25 July 1939.
New South Wales, Australia

Donor(s):

L.P. Rosen and Sons

POST 1939.
California, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Early Gem'

Type: Cultivar name

OLD #166 CODE E23-34

Type: Donor identifier

USDA, ARS

DPRU 831

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Plum. Per Evaluation of Introduced Plum Varieties (see citation): "Fruit: diameter 2.5 cm, length 2.2 cm; roundish to round; skin purple, light bloom; flesh yellow, medium firm; sugar low, acid low; poor quality; freestone; heavy yield; season last week of May. Tree and fruit look like P. cerasifera. Outstanding feature is the extreme earliness of the fruit."

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh.

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Prunus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29860

Place of publication:

Gartenkalender 4:192. 1784 (Beitr. Naturk. 4:17. 1789)

Comment:

valid publication verified from original literature

Verified:

03/27/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. var. cerasifera (0 active accession[s])
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. var. divaricata (Ledeb.) L. H. Bailey (24 active accession[s])

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

Autonym(s)
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. subsp. cerasifera

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. subsp. myrobalana (L.) C. K. Schneid.
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. var. atropurpurea H. Jaeger
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. var. pissardii (Carrière) L. H. Bailey
Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. var. woodii (Späth) Rehder
Prunus korolkowii R. Vilm.
Prunus myrobalana (L.) Loisel.
Prunus pissardii Carrière

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	cherry plum	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	myrobalan plum	1	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Afrikaans	kersiepruim	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
French	bacarinier	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:516-518.
French	cerisette	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:516-518.
French	mirobolan	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	prunier cerise	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	prunier myrobolan	2	Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
German	Kirschpflaume	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
German	Kirschpflaumenbaum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Myrobalane	2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
German	türkische Pflaume	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:516-518.
Italian	ciliegio susine	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:516-518.
Italian	mirobalano	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:516-518.
Portuguese	abrunheiro	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese (Brazil)	cerejeira-roxa	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Romanian	corcoduş	2	Demetrescu, S. 2006. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Spanish	arañón	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	ciruela chabacana	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	ciruelo mirobolán	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:516-518.
Spanish	guindo	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 1:516-518.
Spanish	mirobolán	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	körsbärsplommon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	ying tao li	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
COMMENT	Flavor Notes	Notes on impression of fruit flavor	Very Acidic	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Flesh Color	Predominant color of flesh at ripe.	5 - Yellow (Regina d��Italia, Burbank)	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Stone Adherence	Stone adherence to flesh of fully ripe fruit.	3 - Free (President, Friar)	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Fruit Shape	Typical shape of ripe fruit from frontal view	4 - Ovate (Giant)	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Fruit Size	Relative size of fruit	7 - Large (71-80g) (Oneida, Late S. Rosa)	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Skin Color	Dominant color of fully ripe skin (particularly when blush is not present)	Violet	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.97	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Showiness of Flowers	Appearance of flowers, comparing size of petals to that of stamen, and decorativeness of corona	Semi-showy	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Color of Flower Petals	Typical color of fully expanded flower blossom.	White/Pink lip	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
FLWR-FRUIT	Size of Flowers	Typical size of floral blossoms.	5	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Flowers per Bud	Observed number of flowers emerging from single bud	1 to 2	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	Sepal Color	Predominant color of mature sepals	Green	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Date of Ripeness	Date first fruit ripens	7/25/2001	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.01	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Leaf Emergence	Comparative timing of leaf emergence and bloom	Same time as bloom	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 831 0000A PL	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	Leaf Emergence	Comparative timing of leaf emergence and bloom	Same time as bloom	PLUM.CHAR.WEO.02	DPRU 831 0000B PL	Not Available