Details for: PI 706719, Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder, Brooklyn PDX


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder
Top Name:
Brooklyn PDX
Origin:
Donated – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
Sep 2024
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder
Top Name:
Brooklyn PDX
Origin:
Donated – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
Sep 2024
Improvement Status:
Uncertain improvement status
Form Received:
Scion
Life Form:
Tree
Source History
Donated
September 2024.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Brooklyn neighborhood of Portland, OR
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Brooklyn PDX
Type: Donor identifier
Group: PEAR

CPYR 3170
Type: Site identifier
Group: LOCAL
Corvallis local number

Narrative
The collector first noticed this street tree in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Portland in 2022. He first thought it was a giant quince tree, however after stopping it was clearly a Pyrus × bretschneideri pear. The owners did not know the history of the tree, but could tell it is on its own roots and is maybe about 30 years old. The tree produces large yellow, barrel-shaped pears that have that classic bretschneideri scaly pattern. Flesh is dense, crispy, and juicy. Free from scab and leaves appear clean. Mildly sweet with a nice, pleasant aroma. Stores until about mid-December. Fruits do not match any samples in the Corvallis collection. A promising selection for the Pacific NW. Direction of cross is unknown.
Pyrus ×bretschneideri Rehder
Genus:
Pyrus
Section:
Pashia
Family:
Rosaceae
Subfamily:
Amygdaloideae
Tribe:
Maleae
Subtribe:
Malinae
Nomen number:

30462
Place of publication:

Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 50:231. 1915, pro sp.
Comment:
  • probably a complex hybrid fide M. N. Westwood (pers. comm.)
  • valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
07/06/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishChinese white pear  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: not as hybrid
Englishwhite pear  1Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: not as hybrid
Germanweiße Birne  2Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: not as hybrid
Transcribed Chinesebai li as Pyrus bretschneideri2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: not as hybrid
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