Details for: PI 639212, Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum, 'Delicious'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum

Cultivar:

'Delicious'

Origin:

Donated – Florida, United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Sep 2004

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	50 count		PI 639212 10GI SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum

Cultivar:

'Delicious'

Origin:

Donated – Florida, United States

Maintained:

Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)

Received by NPGS:

29 Sep 2004

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Annual

Life Cycle:

Annual

Source History

Donated

Florida, United States

Donor(s):

Tomato Growers Supply Company

29 September 2004.
New York, United States

Donor(s):

Griffiths, Phillip D., Cornell University

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Delicious'

Type: Cultivar name

04PG7

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Indeterminate. Days to maturity: 77. Huge red fruits are globe shaped, smooth, nearly solid and often weigh more than 2 lbs. Excellent flavor, tiny seed cavities, and very little cracking. This heirloom variety holds the world record for the largest tomato ever grown.

Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum

Genus:

Solanum

Subgenus:

Potatoe

Section:

Lycopersicon

Family:

Solanaceae

Subfamily:

Solanoideae

Tribe:

Solaneae

Nomen number:

457162

Verified:

09/05/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Solanum lycopersicum L. (9196 active accession[s])
Solanum lycopersicum L. var. cerasiforme (Alef.) Voss (555 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	tomato		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	tomate	as Lycopersicon esculentum	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	Tomate	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Lycopersicon esculentum
Italian	pomodoro	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. Note: = Lycopersicon esculentum
Portuguese	tomateiro	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Lycopersicon esculentum
Spanish	tomate	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Lycopersicon esculentum
Spanish	tomatera	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Lycopersicon esculentum
Swedish	tomat		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Korean	domado	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:107.
Transcribed Korean	ilnyeongam	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transcribed Korean	tomato	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
Transliterated Russian	tomat	as Lycopersicon esculentum	2	Nemchinova, Y. 2008. pers. comm. Note: re. common names

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 05 Sep 2008, from Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. var. esculentum to Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Availability
CHEMICAL	LYCOPENE	LYCOPENE QUANTIFICATION (ug/g)	13.08 ug/g	NE9.TOMATO.12	Not Available
CHEMICAL	TA	Titratable Acidity Quantification % wt to vol	0.42 %wt/vol	NE9.TOMATO.12	Not Available
CHEMICAL	BRIX	Measure of Total Soluble Solids (TSS); One degree BRIX = one gram of sucrose in100 grams of solution.	5	NE9.TOMATO.14	Not Available
CHEMICAL	VITAMIN C	Measure of total Vitamin C (AsA + DHAsA) in ug/ml. *results have been doubled.	20.76 ug/ml	NE9.TOMATO.14	Not Available
GROWTH	PLANT SIZE	PLANT SIZE	3 - MEDIUM	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
GROWTH	GROWTH	VINE GROWTH TYPE	B - BOTH TYPES	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
GROWTH	GROWTH	VINE GROWTH TYPE	I - INDETERMINATE GROWTH	NE9.TOMATO.10	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	EXTMATFRTAPP	Exterior fruit appearance recorded at maturity	2 - Medium	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLOWERING	Number of days from sowing to 50% flowering	76	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLWRINFLO	Number of flowers per inflorescence average of 3	10	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INFLORTYPE	Leaf types: UNIPAROUS (simple), MULTIPAROUS (forked or compound)	2 - MULTIPAROUS	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SHOULDER COLOR	Shoulder color at maturity	1 - GREEN	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	SHLDRCOLRINT	Intensity of green shoulder	3 - SLIGHT	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PISTIL SCAR	Shape of Pistil Scar	2 - Stellate	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MATFRUITCOL	Mature Fruit Color at time of harvesting	7 - Red	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUITWEIGHT	Fruit weight in grams, the average of 10 fruits of different plants	3518.2	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRTUNIFORMITY	Uniformity of fruit size within a plant	3 - LOW	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	NIPPLED FRUIT	NIPPLED FRUIT (MATURE FRUIT)	1 - ABSENT	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CUTICLE CRACK	Tomato skin cracking not consistent with CRACK-R or CRACK-C	1 - ABSENT	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT FIRMNESS	FRUIT FIRMNESS	3 - MEDIUM	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	INTERIOR FLESH COLOR	INTERIOR FLESH COLOR	7 - RED	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PRIMARY FRUIT SHAPE	PRIMARY FRUIT SHAPE	10 - SLIGHTLY FLATTENED	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	IMMATFRCOL	COLOR OF IMMATURE FRUIT	2 - UNIFORM (UNIFORM LIGHT GREEN)	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LEAFLET TYPE	LEAFLET TYPE	1 - NORMAL	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MAXIMUM FRUIT DIAMETER	MAXIMUM FRUIT DIAMETER - EQUATORIAL DIAMETER IN CM MEASURED AT THE WIDEST POINT ON THE FRUIT BASED ON VARIATION AMONG PLANTS WITHIN AN ACCESSION.	29	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	MAXIMUM FRUIT LENGTH	MAXIMUM FRUIT LENGTH FROM STEM END TO BLOSSOM END. MEASURED IN CM TO ONE DECIMAL PLACE.	21.5	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	JOINTLES PEDICEL	WHETHER OR NOT THE ACCESSION HAS A JOINTLESS PEDICEL.	2 - NO	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CRACK-C	CONCENTRIC CRACKING AMOUNT	3 - SLIGHT	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CRACK-R	RADIAL CRACKING AMOUNT	9 - SEVERE	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLSH-INT	FLESH COLOR INTENSITY	3 - MEDIUM	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	NUMDAYSMAT	From sowing until 50% of plants have at least 1 ripened fruit	127	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available
PHENOLOGY	NUMDAYSMAT	From sowing until 50% of plants have at least 1 ripened fruit	77	NE9.TOMATO.10	Not Available
PRODUCTION	FRTSETNUM	Number of fruit at 2nd truss	6	NE9.TOMATO.13	Not Available