Details for: Ames 29270, Prunus ×fontanesiana (Spach) C. K. Schneid., 2008-04-01


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus ×fontanesiana (Spach) C. K. Schneid.
Top Name:
2008-04-01
Origin:
Developed – Russian Federation
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
26 Mar 2006
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Prunus ×fontanesiana (Spach) C. K. Schneid.
Top Name:
2008-04-01
Origin:
Developed – Russian Federation
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
26 Mar 2006
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Developed
PRE 1978.
Russian Federation

Donated
1978.
Wyoming, United States

Donor(s):
26 March 2006.
Colorado, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
2008-04-01
Type: Donor identifier
Accession number.
Klett, James E. Colorado State University

A36108
Type: Donor identifier
Cheyenne Horticultural Field Station

Ames 29270
Type: Site identifier
Group: AMES
NC-7 Research Numbers

Duplicate of PI 133842
Type: Duplicate accession name
Group: AMES.PI.DUPES
These are PI's for accessions with another active PI number.

Narrative
A French botanist, Rene Des Fontane, is given credit for creating this hybrid during the French Revolution. The Des Fontane Cherry (P. x fontanesiana) is a hybrid between the Sweet Cherry, Prunus avium, and the St. Lucie Cherry, Prunus mahaleb. Cheyenne Horticultural Research Station records reveal 4 seedlings of the P. x fontanesiana were acquired prior to official USDA introduction. The tree was planted in 1936 in the Cheyenne Horticultural Research Station's arboretum (which is now the High Plains Grassland Research Station). It was officially introduced by Alfred Rehder of the Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plains, Massachusetts in 1939 (PI 133842). The CHRS trees had all died by 1978. The final tree was thought to be the last one known to exist in the world, but fortunately Dr. Bert Swanson, a former Colorado State University horticulture professor, acquired scions before the tree died. The cuttings were propagated and planted at the P.E.R.C. Arboretum in Ft. Collins, Colorado in 1978. Scott Skogerboe, chief propagator at Fort Collins Nursery, began propagating P. fontanesiana about 12 years ago and in 2000 he donated a tree which was planted in the arboretum. Currently growing as a single plant specimen at the Colorado State University campus arboretum curated by Dr. James Klett, which is where propagules are being harvested by Fort Collins Nursery for potential introduction. Jeff Carstens obtained a potted plant from Scott Skogerboe during an NC-7 plant delivery trip in 2006. The mother plant, located in Fort Collins, Colorado, is a mature tree approximately 40-50 feet in height with a 30 foot spread displaying white flowers during early spring. Flower display is quite showy. Ornamental cherry resembling P. avium, with slightly pubescent branches, smaller and broader leaves less than 4 inches long often rounded and subcordate at the base. Flowers are less the 1" across and the tree produces small dark-red somewhat bitter fruits. Potential resistance to black knot. Projected USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 3.
Prunus ×fontanesiana (Spach) C. K. Schneid.
Genus:
Prunus
Subgenus:
Cerasus
Section:
Cerasus
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Amygdaleae
Nomen number:

29897
Place of publication:

Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1:617. 1906
Verified:
03/28/2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Basionym
Cerasus fontanesiana Spach

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