Details for: PI 541446, Pyrus communis L., 'Marks'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Marks'

Origin:

Developed – New York, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

14 Mar 1984

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Pyrus communis L.

Cultivar:

'Marks'

Origin:

Developed – New York, United States

Maintained:

National Clonal Germplasm Repository

Received by NPGS:

14 Mar 1984

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

New York, United States

Developer(s):

Donated

14 March 1984.
West Virginia, United States
Comment: Received from V.P.I., Virginia to Kearneysville, WV to NCGR-Corvallis.
Donor(s):

Bell, Richard L., USDA, ARS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Marks'

Type: Cultivar name

EUROPEAN CULTIVAR

Type: Site identifier

Group: CROPTYPE

CPYR 1116

Type: Other or unclassified name

Group: LOCAL

Corvallis local number

Narrative

Marks (Marks Seedling) (PI 541446). Originated in Geneva, N.Y. Introduced in 1973 by George D. Oberle, Virginia Polytechnic Inst. and State University, Agriculture Experiment Station. Parentage unknown. Seed sent to New York State, Agriculture Experiment Station. (NYSAES), in 1928 by a Mr. Marks, from an area near the Hudson River, for identification; seed planted and germinated by Richard Wellington, NYSAES, and tested as Marks 1; selected in 1940 by George D. Oberle then of NYSAES, and tested by him in Virginia since 1948. Fruit: small; ovate, short pyriform; skin olive green to yellowish ground color, unattractive, smooth to slightlv russeted; flesh creamy white, tender, juicy, very few grit cells, flavor and quality good, flesh qualities resemble Sheldon; ripens 1 Sept. or 1 week before Seckel. Tree: size average or below; upright with profuse branching; moderate vigor and productivity; shows more tolerance to fire blight than most P.communis types; recommended for cooler areas of Virginia. --Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit and Nut Varieties.

Pyrus communis L.

Genus:

Pyrus

Section:

Pyrus

Family:

Rosaceae

Subfamily:

Amygdaloideae

Tribe:

Maleae

Subtribe:

Malinae

Nomen number:

30474

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:479, 2:1200. 1753

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358498

Comment:

probably of hybrid origin

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

07/07/2011 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Pyrus communis L. subsp. caucasica (Fed.) Browicz (77 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. communis (39 active accession[s])
Pyrus communis L. subsp. pyraster (L.) Ehrh. (113 active accession[s])

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

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Pyrus asiae-mediae (Popov) Maleev
Pyrus balansae Decne.
Pyrus bourgaeana Decne.
Pyrus communis L. subsp. bourgaeana (Decne.) Nyman
Pyrus communis L. var. mariana Willk.
Pyrus domestica Medik.
Pyrus elata Rubtzov
Pyrus medvedevii Rubtzov

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	pear		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French	poirier		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birnbaum		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Birne		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
German	Birnenbaum		2	Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. Note: re. German common names
Italian	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Italian	pero		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Japanese Rōmaji	seiyō-nashi		2	Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Portuguese	pereira		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	pera		2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Spanish	peral		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish	päron		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	xi yang li	as Pyrus communis var. sativa	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Pyrus communis var. sativa
Transcribed Korean	byeongbaenamu		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:122.

Annotations

The Taxonomic Name Of The Accession When It Was Received: 31 Jul 1989, from Pyrus communis L. var. pyraster L. to Pyrus communis L.

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Study	Inventory	Availability
CYTOLOGIC	PLOIDY LEVEL	Number of sets of chromosomes.	2x - diploid	PYRUS.PLOIDY.2013	CPYR 1116 .001 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	0 - 0 (No Fruit to assess)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.2005.FRUITSCAB	CPYR 1116 .001 PL	Not Available
DISEASE	FRUIT_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY FRUIT SCAB	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
DISEASE	LEAF_SCAB	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY LEAF SCAB	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
DISEASE	PSEUDOMONAS	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY PSEUDOMONAS	2 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
DISEASE	RUST	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY RUST	1 - NO DAMAGE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
INSECT	BLISTER_MITES	RATING OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY BLISTER MITES	3 - (1 = NO DAMAGE, 9 = SEVERE DAMAGE)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1987		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	PEDICEL_ATTACHMENT	PEDICEL ATTACHMENT	U - SUNKEN	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CAVITY	CAVITY	AS - ACUTE SHALLOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CALYX	CALYX	P - PERSISTANT	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CALYX_BASIN	CALYX BASIN	N - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GROUND_COLOR	GROUND COLOR	Y - YELLOW	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	OVER_COLOR	OVERCOLOR	N - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	RUSSET	AMOUNT OF RUSSETING	9 - COMPLETELY RUSSETED	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	RUSSET_LOCATION	LOCATION OF RUSSETING	E - EVERYWHERE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LENTICELS	NUMBER OF LENTICELS	5 - (1 = FEW, 9 = MANY)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	LENTICEL_SIZE	SIZE OF LENTICELS	1 - SMALL	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	DOTS	DOTS	O - OBSCURE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH_COLOR	FLESH COLOR	W - WHITE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLESH_TEXTURE	FLESH TEXTURE	1 - FINE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TEXTURE_TYPE	FLESH TEXTURE TYPE	J - JUICY	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	TEXTURE_TYPE	FLESH TEXTURE TYPE	M - MEALY	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FRUITCORE	CORE	D - DISTANT	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	CARPEL_NUMBER	NUMBER OF CARPELS	5	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GRIT	NUMBER OF STONE CELLS	5 - (1 = NO STONE CELLS, 9 = MANY STONE CELLS)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	GRIT_SIZE	SIZE AND LOCATION OF STONE CELLS	S - SMALL	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	OXIDATION	OXIDATION OF CUT MEASURED AFTER 5 MINUTES	1 - NONE	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLAVOR	FLAVOR OF FRUIT FLESH	R - AROMATIC	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	FLAVOR	FLAVOR OF FRUIT FLESH	S - SWEET	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	QUALITY	QUALITY OF FRUIT FLESH A COMBINATION OF FLAVOR, TEXTURE AND AROMA	6 - (1 = POOR, 9 = EXCELLENT)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.STD		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	7 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
MORPHOLOGY	BLOOM_DENSITY	BLOOM DENSITY	8 - (1 = LOW, 9 = HIGH)	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	100	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	91	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	94	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FIRST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FIRST BLOOM	96	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	102	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	103	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	106	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF FULL BLOOM	96	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	103	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	111	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1988		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	LAST_BLOOM	JULIAN DATE OF LAST BLOOM	115	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1989		Not Available
PHENOLOGY	FULL_RIPE	JULIAN DATE OF FULL RIPE FRUIT	255	PYRUS.CORVALLIS.1990		Not Available