Details for: DPRU 2706, Prunus domestica L., Old Green Gage

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus domestica L.

Top Name:

Old Green Gage

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

10 Oct 2005

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Scion

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus domestica L.

Top Name:

Old Green Gage

Origin:

Donated – California, United States

Maintained:

Natl. Germplasm Repository - Davis

Received by NPGS:

10 Oct 2005

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Scion

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Donated

10 October 2005.
California, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):

Kennedy, Todd, California Rare Fruit Growers

January 2025.
California, United States
Comment: recollected from donor
Donor(s):

Kennedy, Todd, California Rare Fruit Growers

Accession Names and Identifiers

Old Green Gage

Type: Unverified name

DPRU 2706

Type: Site identifier

Narrative

Type = Plum Per Thuente and Whealy 3rd ed. "Possibly a synonym for Reine Claude Green Gage or Reine Claude. Small to medium,oval, yellowish green fruit. Juicy, smooth textured, amber freestone flesh. Rich confectionary flavor. Considered the ideal dessert plum in Europe. Also good cooked, canned, or preserved. Self fertile. Susceptible to brown rot. Requires 500-800 hours of chilling. Hardy to cntral Iowa."

Prunus domestica L.

Genus:

Prunus

Subgenus:

Prunus

Section:

Prunus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Amygdaleae

Nomen number:

29888

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:475. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358494

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

04/07/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica (9 active accession[s])
Prunus domestica L. subsp. insititia (L.) C. K. Schneid. (14 active accession[s])
Prunus domestica L. subsp. italica (Borkh.) Gams ex Hegi (0 active accession[s])
Prunus domestica L. subsp. syriaca (Borkh.) Janch. ex Mansf. (0 active accession[s])

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

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	wild plum	1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Portuguese (Brazil)	ameixa-comum	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	ameixa-européia	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	ameixa-preta	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	ameixa-roxa	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Portuguese (Brazil)	ameixa-vermela	2	Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
Swedish	plommon	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	ou zhou li	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).

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