Details for: NSL 98131, Cucurbita pepo L., 'Jersey Golden Acorn'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L.
Cultivar:
'Jersey Golden Acorn'
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Received by NPGS:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed50 countNSL 98131 00ncai01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cucurbita pepo L.
Cultivar:
'Jersey Golden Acorn'
Origin:
Developed – New Jersey, United States
Received by NPGS:
1978
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Developed

New Jersey, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
1978.
New Jersey, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Jersey Golden Acorn'
Type: Cultivar name
Updated name on PVP application.

'Rutgers Golden Acorn'
Type: Cultivar name
Original name submitted on PVP application.

Narrative
Bush habit, fruits orange. Yellow pigmentation occurs prior to anthesis. As fruit grow it becomes progressively more deeply orange externally and internally. Flesh contains 2-3 times more carotenes, 4-5 times more xanthophylls, and 1.6 times more beta carotene than flesh of 'Table King'. Immature fruits not over 2 inches in diameter can be steamed and eaten whole. Baked mature fruits have superior flavor, tenderness, and freedom from fiber.
Cucurbita pepo L.
Genus:
Cucurbita
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Cucurbiteae
Nomen number:

12606
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1010. 1753
Verified:
02/17/2005 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. fraterna (L. H. Bailey) Lira et al. (4 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. gumala Teppner (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker (0 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ovifera (L.) Harz (1 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. ozarkana D. S. Decker (43 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. ovifera (L.) D. S. Decker var. texana (Scheele) Filov (14 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. subsp. pepo (3 active accession[s])
Cucurbita pepo L. var. pepo (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita galeottii Cogn.
Cucurbita mammeata Molina

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbitter bottle gourd  1Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
Englishbush squash  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Englishmarrow  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishpumpkin  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsquash  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchcitrouille  2Demilly, 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.
Frenchcourge pepon  2Demilly, 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.
GermanGemüse-Kürbis  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1340.
Italianzucchino  2International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish (Mexico)calabaza  2Lira Saade, R. & S. Montes Hernández. 1994. Cucurbits (Cucurbita spp.). In: Hernándo Bermejo, J. E. & J. León, eds., Neglected crops : 1492 from a different perspective. Plant Production and Protection Series No. 26. 63-77. Note: FAO, Rome, Italy.
Swedishpumpa  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesexi hu lu  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Urdu (Pakistan)ghia kaddu  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:96.
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Citations
  • Hernandez C., J. Labate, K. Reitsma, J. Fabrizio, Kan Bao, Zhangiun Fei, R. Grumet, & M. Mazourek . 2023. Characterization of the USDA Cucurbita pepo, C. moschata, and C. maxima germplasm collections. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1130814. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1130814. Note: Supplementary material: Table 1. Number of accessions cited: 1661
Pedigree
Intellectual Property Rights

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 7800032
Variety: Jersey Golden Acorn
Taxonomy: Cucurbita pepo L.
Experimental name/synonym: N/A
Crop: PUMPKIN
Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and Dr. Shifriss
Date filed: 03/17/1978
Date issued: 09/29/1978
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 09/29/1995

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.11.15 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLENSL 98131 00ncai01 SD
PRODUCTIONWeight of 100 seedsWeight of 100 seeds measured in grams.7.23 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLENSL 98131 96ncfo01 SDNot Available
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams11.15 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLENSL 98131 00ncai01 SD
PRODUCTION100 SEED WEIGHTWeight of 100 seeds in grams7.23 NC7.100SEEDWGT.TRANSFER.FROM.NC7IV.TABLENSL 98131 96ncfo01 SDNot Available