Details for: PI 617685, Pyrus communis L., Pyrus communis 'Albany 238'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Top Name:
Pyrus communis 'Albany 238'
Origin:
Collected – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
21 Jan 2000
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Scion
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FRUIT

Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus communis L.
Top Name:
Pyrus communis 'Albany 238'
Origin:
Collected – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
21 Jan 2000
Improvement Status:
Breeding material
Form Received:
Scion
Source History
Collected

Oregon, United States
Locality: The tree is directly west of the sign for exit 230 (the first Jefferson exit, just north of Albany) on Interstate 5. Near mile post 238.
Coordinates: 44.6581, -123.0592 (Map it)
Elevation: 100m.
Georeference protocol: Lat/Lon determined via Map location
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Roadside with grass.
Comment: It's a small pear, but very prolific and the sweetest thing I've ever tasted. It literally tastes like honey.
21 January 2000.
Oregon, United States

Collector(s):
Donated
21 January 2000.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Pyrus communis 'Albany 238'
Type: Collector identifier
Named for location found.
Rombough, Lon J.

CPYR 2713
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR
Type: Site identifier
Group: CROPTYPE

Narrative
Lon Rombough describes it as a very sweet, honey flavored pear with almost the shape of a Bartlett. This pear would be excellent for juice. The texture needs to be improved to compete with present cultivars but this pear would be good for breeding material.
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
Comment:
probably of hybrid origin
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
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishpear  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchpoirier  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBirnbaum  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBirne  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
GermanBirnenbaum  2Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italianpera  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italianpero  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmajiseiyō-nashi  2Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguesepereira  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishpera  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanishperal  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishpäron  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi yang li as Pyrus communis var. sativa2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Pyrus communis var. sativa
Transcribed Koreanbyeongbaenamu  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:122.
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Description:
Collected from the wild in Oregon.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
CYTOLOGICPLOIDY LEVELNumber of sets of chromosomes.2x - diploid PYRUS.PLOIDY.2013CPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
DISEASEFRUIT_SCABRATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB6 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE) PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCABCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (GA)22
F: 5TTGAAGATGTTTGGCTGTGC3
R: 5TGCATGTCTGTCTCCTCCAT3		181:181 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (GA)11
F: 5CTCCGCCGCTATAACACTTC3
R: 5GTTTACTCTGGAGGGTATGTCAAAG3		282:288 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (ACG)6
F: 5CATTAATACGCTGCTGTTTCTGC3
R: 5GTTCTTACTTGAATTGGGGTAGGGATTGT3		193:199 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (ACC)6
F: 5ACTCTCCGCAAAACAATGTCGTA3
R: 5GTTCTTTGTGAGAGTTTGAGGAGGAGAGC3		144:144 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (CCACCG)2(CCA)4
F: 5TTCACTGCCCTTTTTACGTATGC3
R: 5GTTCTTCCCCGACAATCTGTAGAGAATCA3		170:170 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (GATCAT)3
F: 5ATCCCAGCATTTCCCAAGATTTT3
R: 5CCGTCCGTGATACCTCTGTC3		298:298 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (TTC)5
F: 5GGTCATCACCCACTTAAAAACCA3
R: 5GTTCTTGTGCCCTGAAGTAATTGAGATGG3		143:149 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (CCA)5, (CCT)5
F: 5GCTACCACAACAAGCTCAACAG3
R: 5GTTTATGTCATCCTGCTGATGTCC3		366:366 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (GTG)6
F: 5CGTTCCGATGAAGTGAAAGAG3
R: 5GTTTCCTGAAACTTGCCAATTGAAAC3		338:344 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available
MOLECULARSSR markerMotif: (CAGCT)5
F: 5CCCTACAGAGTCATGCATCC3
R: 5GTTTGATGCTGGAGACGAGAAA3		107:117 PYRUS.DNA_Zurn et.al. 2019 unpublishedCPYR 2713 .001 PLNot Available