Details for: DPRU 1531, Prunus domestica L., 'Denniston Superb'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus domestica L.

Cultivar:

'Denniston Superb'

Origin:

Developed – New York, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

08 Feb 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Prunus domestica L.

Cultivar:

'Denniston Superb'

Origin:

Developed – New York, United States

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

08 Feb 1989

Improvement Status:

Cultivated material

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

New York, United States
Comment: Grown by Isaac Denniston about 1835 of 1840; catalogued by the American Pomological Society from 1877 to 1899.
Developer(s):

Denniston, Isaac

Donated

08 February 1989.
Oregon, United States
Comment: Donated to NCGR, Davis
Donor(s):

Kennedy, Todd, California Rare Fruit Growers

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Denniston Superb'

Type: Cultivar name

DPRU 1531

Type: Site identifier

Dennison's Superb

Type: Other or unclassified name

Denniston's Superb Gage

Type: Other or unclassified name

Madison

Type: Other or unclassified name

Superbe de Denniston

Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative

Type = Plum. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Fruit round, larger than Reine Claude of which it is probably a seedling, slightly flattened; suture distinct; cavity shallow; stem of medium length; pale yellow, blotched with red; bloom thin; flesh thick, meaty, moderately juicy, with a rich, vinous flavor; very good; stone small, roundish, thick, free; mid-season." Per The American Fruit Culturist: "suture distinct; surface pale yellowish green, slightly dotted and clouded with purple, bloom thin; stalk rough, three fourths of an inch long, moderately sunk; flesh thick, not juicy, rich; ripens early; resembles Green Gage; shoots downy; very productive." Per Elliot's Fruit Book: "Season, 15th to 20th of August."

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).

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 26 May 1992, from Prunus domestica L. to Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica
Taxonomic Re-Identification: 08 Oct 1998, from Prunus domestica L. subsp. domestica to Prunus domestica L.