| 0 | PI 657736 | Morello Rootstock | Prunus cerasus L. | California, United States | GEN |  | | 2007 | DONATED | 02/12/2007 | | | | | | Per "The American Fruit Culturist" (see citation): "Rather large, approaching medium; round, obscurely heart-shaped; dark red, becoming nearly black; flesh dark-purplish crimson, of a rich acid, mixed with a slight astringency. Season very late, to after mid-summer. In England its ripening is retarded till autumn by the shading of a wall. The common Morello is a smaller sub-variety, a litle darker and with smaller branches." Per "Manual of Fruits," p. 22: "Large, obtuse heart-shaped, roundish, dark red; flesh purplish red, tender, juicy, and pleasantly sub-acid; used for culinary purposes." | 1743077 | PI 657736 |
| 1 | PI 133578 | 'Kirkes plum' | Prunus domestica L. | Australia | | | Historic | 1939 | COLLECTED | | | | | | | Type = Plum. Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Size medium, round, suture small; skin dark purple, bloom thin, blue; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, cavity slight; flesh greenish-yellow, firm, rich, free from the flat, broad stone. Season medium. Shoots smooth. Resembles the Purple Gage externally. Often spurious. English." | 1134223 | PI 133578 |
| 2 | PI 673513 | Flater's St. John | Prunus persica (L.) Batsch | United States | DAV |  | | 1900 | COLLECTED | NEAR 1860 | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Peach. Per Okie (see citation): "Flower pink, nonshowy; blooms mid-season, medium cropping efficiency; tree chilling requirement 850 hours; skin pubescent, flesh yellow, 2.5 by 3.75 inches, round with tip, ground color deep yellow, low-medium firmness, good eating quality; stone 1.25 inches by 15/16 inch, free; ripens 15 days before Elberta." Per The Peaches of New York (see citation): "[St. John] is one of the earliest of the Crawford-like peaches... St. John resembles Early Crawford in size and shape but is a little more rotund, runs somewhat smaller, is not quite as high in quality and ripens several days earlier... It is more than half a century old, came from the South,... The variety reproduces itself from seed and this fact has led to its being distributed under a number of different names as is shown by the synonyms listed in the references... [leaves] globose glands... blossoms appear in mid-season; flowers seven-eighths inch across, white toward the base of the petals, becoming dark pink near the edges;...[fruit] two and one-half inches long, two and three-fourths inches wide, round-oval,...suture deep near the tip;...color deep yellow,...flesh light yellow, tinged with red near the pit, juicy, tender, pleasantly sprightly, highly flavored; very good in quality." Per the American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Medium large, round; orange yellow with a red blush on sunny side; flesh tender, juicy, very good. Popular in many sections as an excellent yellow-fleshed freestone for the early market." | 1010230 | PI 673513 |
| 3 | PI 692594 | Hemskirke | Prunus armeniaca L. | California, United States | DAV |  | | 1900 | DONATED | | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Apricot. Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Hemskirke. Large, roundish, compressed; surface orange, with a red cheek; flesh bright orange, rich, juicy, sprightly. Kernel bitter. Stone rather small. Resembles Moorpark, but smaller; a little earlier, and stone not perforate. English." | 1010274 | PI 692594 |
| 4 | DPRU 1512 | 'Early Yellow' | Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. | Oregon, United States | DAV | | | 1989 | DONATED | 02/08/1989 | | | | | Cultivated material | Type = plum. Per Thomas (see citation): "Rather large, oval; yellow, dotted red; stalk medium, slightly sunk; sweet, juicy, slightly melon-flavor; freestone; ripens middle of August; great bearer." | 1014350 | DPRU 1512 |
| 5 | DPRU 1527 | 'Jefferson' | Prunus domestica L. | New York, United States | DAV | | Not Available | 1989 | DEVELOPED | 1825 | | | | | Cultivated material | Type = Plum. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Tree medium to large, vigorous; leaves folded upward, obovate, one and three-quarters inches wide, three and three-quarters inches long, apex and base acute; petiole three-quarters inch long with globose glands; season of bloom medium, short; flowers one and one-eighth inches across, white; fruit midseason, ripening period long, one and five-eighths inches by one and one-half inches in size, roundish oval, apex roundish, color greenish-yellow changing to bronze yellow sometimes with a faint pink blush on the exposed cheek, often indistinctly streaked and mottled with green before full maturity; skin thin, tough, slightly adhering; flesh deep yellow, juicy, firm but tender, sweet, mild, pleasant, very good quality; stone semi-free, one inch by three-quarters inch in size, flattened, broadly oval; one of the best of all dessert plums; large for a plum in the Reine Claude group; trees are late in coming to bearing; not quite hardy though one of the hardiest of all Reine Claudes. The parentage of the variety is unknown; Floy thought it was a seedling of Washington; Elliott suggested that it was "from a seed of Coe's Golden Drop, which in growth and wood, it closely resembles." In 1852, the American Pomological Society placed this variety on its catalog of fruits worthy of general cultivation." Per Thomas (see citation): "Base slightly narrowed; thin white bloom; stalk an inch long, sunk little or none; flesh rich yellow, moderately fine grained, in well-ripened specimens orange." | 1014467 | DPRU 1527 |
| 6 | DPRU 1529 | 'Saint Catherine' | Prunus domestica L. | Oregon, United States | DAV | | | 1989 | DONATED | 02/08/1989 | | | | | Cultivated material | Type = Plum. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Tree large, vigorous, round-topped, usually hardy, productive; leaves folded upward, oval, one and one-half inches wide, three inches long; petiole three-quarters inch long, globose glands; season of bloom intermediate, long, flowers one inch across, white, the buds tinged yellow as they open; fruit late, inermediate in length of ripening season, small obovate or oval, apex depressed, color dull green, changing to golden-yellow, overspread with thin bloom, skin thick, tough, clinging slightly; flesh light golden-yellow, juicy, fibrous, sweet, mild, pleasant, not high in flavor, good quality; stone clinging, three quarters inch by one-half inch in size, oval; origin is unknown but was first mentioned by Quintinye in 1699; the American Pomological Society added it to its fruit catalog list in 1862 and dropped it in 1899." Per Manuel of Fruits (see citation): "excellent both for dessert and preserving, and is by the French considered one of the best for prunes. Per Thomas (see citation): "suture very distince; thin white bloom; shoots smooth, rather slender." | 1014484 | DPRU 1529 |
| 7 | DPRU 1531 | 'Denniston Superb' | Prunus domestica L. | New York, United States | | | Historic | 1989 | DEVELOPED | | | | | | Cultivated material | 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." | 1014498 | DPRU 1531 |
| 8 | DPRU 1535 | 'Pond's Seedling' | Prunus domestica L. | Massachusetts, United States | | | Historic | 1989 | DEVELOPED | | | | | | Cultivated material | Type = Plum. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Tree of medium size, vigorous, upright, hardy, variable in productiveness; leaves smoewhat folded backward, oval, two and one-quarter inches wide; season of bloom intermediate in time and length, flowers one and five-sixteenths inches across, white; fruit late, season short, two inches by one and three-quarters inches in size, obovate or oval, suture very shallow, apex roundish, color varies from reddish purple to purplish-red, overspread with thick bloom; skin tough, separating readily; flesh attractive golden-yellow, not very juicy, fibrous, firm, of average sweetness, mild, not highly flavored; fair in quality; stone semi-free to free, one and one sixteenths inches by nine-sixteenths inch in size, long-oval; ship and keep well." See also "The American Fruit Culturist" by Thomas. | 1014526 | DPRU 1535 |
| 9 | DPRU 544 | 'Wolf' | Prunus americana Marshall | Iowa, United States | DAV | | Not Available | 1986 | DEVELOPED | NEAR 1852 | | | | | Cultivar | Per Plums and Plum Culture, "The American Plums Described," p. 167: "Wolf.--Fruit oval or round oval; size medium to large; cavity shallow; suture a faint line; color crimson over orange, marked like a bird's egg; dots several, red, pretty; bloom bluish; skin thick, tough; flesh yellow; stone medium large, oval, slightly flattened, perfectly free; quality fair to good, season medium early; tree a good grower and productive...One of the most popular of all native plums." Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): " ...skin thick; flesh yellow, firm, fibrous, good, free. Mid-season. Tree strong grower, prolific. Good for home and market." Per The Plums of New York (see citation): "...tree productive...apex taper-pointed, margin coarsely and doubly serrate, eglandular...petiole globose...blooming season of average length, late...fruit mid-season, ripening period short; less than one inch in diameter, roundish-oval or somewhat obovate...apex roundish or flattened; color dull crimson, thickly mottled...stone semi-free to free, five-eighths inch by three-eighths inch in size..." Per Ali Almehdi: "Flowers white, one inch across. Fruit contains flattened stone." For further info read Plums in South Dakota (see citation). | 1007032 | DPRU 544 |
| 10 | DPRU 545 | 'Simon' | Prunus simonii Carrière | China | DAV | | | 1986 | COLLECTED | | | | | | Cultivar | Per The American Fruit Culturist by Thomas (see citation): "Simon or Prunus Simoni. Tree a very strict, upright grower, often unproductive in the East; fruit large, flattened, apple-shape; skin deep red, sprinkled with small yellow dots; stem short, the fruit sticking closely to the branches; flesh yellow, cling, poor. Early. In the interior regions of California it is said to be of good quality and is largely grown for market. Prunus Simoni is distinct from the Japanese plums, prunus triflora, and is generally considered to be a good species." Per Ali Almehdi: "Narrow topped tree. Leaves rather thick,very veiny. Flower white, 3/4 inch diameter. Fruit 5-7 cm diameter, fair." | 1007041 | DPRU 545 |
| 11 | DPRU 557 | Marianna 4001 | Prunus hybr. | California, United States | DAV | | | 1986 | DONATED | 02/04/1986 | | | | | Breeding material | Type = Plum. Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Marianna. Medium, round-oblong; red, yellow specks, fine bloom; flesh soft, juicy, sweet, semi-cling." Per The Plums of New York (see citation): "Tree large, vigorous, broad, spreading, open and flat-topped, hardy, unproductive...leaves folded upward, elongated-oval, one and one-eighth inches wide, two and five-eighths inches long, thin...blooming season intermediate in time and length; flowers appearing after the leaves, three-quarters inch across, white; borne in clusters on lateral spurs, in twos or in threes...fruit early, season of medium length; one and one-eighth inches or more in diameter, oval or roundish-oval...color bright, light red changing to darker red, overspread with thin bloom...flesh yellow, tinged red under the skin and next to the stone, unusually juicy, fibrous, watery and melting, sweet next to the skin, but acid near the pit, sprightly inferior in quality; stone clinging,..." | 1007133 | DPRU 557 |
| 12 | DPRU 579 | Myrobalan | Prunus cerasifera Ehrh. | California, United States | DAV | | | 1986 | DONATED | 02/04/1986 | | | | | Cultivar | Per Thomas (see citation): "Myrobolan. Small (one inch in diameter), round, remotely heart-shaped; bright red, bloom faint; stalk short and slender; cavity narrow; flesh juicy, slightly fibrous, soft, melting, sub-acid, not rich, adhereing to the oval, pointed stone. Ripens very early or about midsummer, its only value. Distinguished by its smooth, slender shoots, small bushy head, and narrow leaves. There are many varieties. This plum is considered to be a variety of the Prunus cerasifera. It has long been a favorite stock for other plums, and immense numbers have been imported into this country. As it dwarfs the scion, however, it is not so much used as formerly." Per Manual of Fruits, p. 62: "Myobalan-- Virginia Cherry. Young wood smooth; fruit medium, cordate, red, with the appearance of a Cherry, hence its name; flesh greenish, melting, very juicy, and pleasant. Beginning of August." | 1007304 | DPRU 579 |
| 13 | DPRU 660 | Early Brugnon | Prunus persica (L.) Batsch var. nucipersica (Suckow) C. K. Schneid. | France | | | Historic | 1985 | COLLECTED | 1729 | | | | | Cultivar | This variety is variously listed as a peach and nectarine. Flower small. Flesh white, juicy, sweet, vinous; ripens early September; fruit roundish ovate, ground color yellow green, mottled with red over most of the surface,melting texture. Freestone. Per Manual of Fruit: "Flowers small; glands reniform; fruit large, roundish ovate, yellowish green in the shade, dark purplish red mottled with brown next the sun; flesh yellowish green, deep red next the stone, free, rich, sweet, and vinous; stone roundish, deep reddish brown, and deeply furrowed." Per Thomas (see citation): "Size medium, roundish; apexslightly narrowed; suture shallow; skin with a dark purple-red cheek and brown dots, on pale yellow-roundish, moderately rough, reddish or reddish-brown; flesh melting, rich, high flavored, and aromatic; of the finest quality. Season very early. Flowers small. Distinguished from Elruge by its redder flesh and stone, and darker skin." | 1007868 | DPRU 660 |
| 14 | DPRU 438 | Satsuma | Prunus salicina Lindl. | Washington, United States | DAV | | Not Available | 1985 | DONATED | 01/09/1985 | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Plum. Per Hedrick (see citation): "Satsuma was raised from the same lot of plum pits from which the Burbank came, the seeds having been sent to Luther Burbank by a Japanese agent in 1833. Tree medium to large,vigorous, upright-spreading, usually quite hardy, moderately productive... Leaves somewhat lanceolate, four inches by one and one-half inches in size, of medium thickness; petiole three-quarters inch long, tinged red, with from one to three reniform, greenish-yellow glands variable in size, usually at the base of the blade. Blossoms white. Fruit mid-season or later; color dark dull red, with thin bloom; flesh dark purplish-red, juicy, tender at the skin, becoming tough at the center, sweet, with an almond-like flavor; of good quality; stone semi-clinging or clinging." Per Thomas (see citation): "Tree spreading, very prolific in a mixed orchard; fruit alrge, round-oblong to round-conic, with a short, blunt point; skin dark red, specked with greenish dots; flesh very firm, blood red, cling, rather coarse, good. Excellent for canning but not desirable for eating out of hand. Season late, and a very long keeper." | 1006329 | DPRU 438 |
| 15 | DPRU 104 | 'Black Heart' | Prunus avium (L.) L. | New York, United States | | | Historic | 1983 | DONATED | 1983 | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Cherry. Per The Fruit Garden (see citation): "An excellent old variety; rather large, black, tender, juicy and rich. Tree grows large, and is very prolific. - Beginning of July. French." Per Hedrick (see citation): "Tree large, very vigorous, tall, wide-spreading, productive...Leaves very large, oblong, waved, acuminate, nearly flat...Buds large, oval, pointed; season of bloom early or very early; flowers medium in size; petals roundish, imbricated. Fruit matures early, season long; large, obtuse-cordate, somewhat compressed; cavity broad; suture deep; surface somewhat irregular; color dark purple becoming black; stem one and three-fourths inches long, slender; skin slightly shrivelled; flesh dark red, firm to very firm becoming tender at full maturity, with abundant colored juice, sweet; good in quality; stone large, roundish-ovate; dorsal suture deep." Per Manual of Fruits (see citation): "Above medium, heart-shaped, rather irregular, compressed at the apex, dark purple, deep black when quite ripe; stalk an inch and a half long, slender; flesh half tender, rich, juicy, and sweet. Early in July." Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Medium or rather large, heart-shaped, slightly irregular; blackish crimson, becoming black; stalk an inch and a half long, moderately sunk; tender when ripe, with a high, 'very good' flavor. Season medium, or rather early. Productive and hardy; growth rather erect, or with diverging shoots." | 1002773 | DPRU 104 |
| 16 | DPRU 113 | Belle Magnifique | Prunus ×gondouinii (Poit. & Turpin) Rehder | New York, United States | DAV |  | | 1983 | DONATED | 1983 | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Cherry. Per The American Culturist (see citation): "Quite large, roundish, inclining to heart-shaped; color a fine rich red, portions of the surface often a lighter hue; stalk slender, nearly two inches long, cavity large; flavor rather mild for this class, fine, but not of the highest quality. One of the best late varieties, ripening about midsummer. Productive. Growth resembles that of the May Duke in form. French." Per The Fruit Garden (see citation): "A magnificent, large, red, late cherry; excellent for cooking, and fine for table when fully ripe, rather acid, tender, juicy, rich; tree is a slow grower, but a most profuse bearer; makes a fine dwarf or a pyramid on the mahaleb. Last of July. French." Low pollen viablity considered male sterile. | 1002956 | DPRU 113 |
| 17 | DPRU 121 | Black Russian | Prunus avium (L.) L. | Montana, United States | | | Historic | 1983 | DONATED | 04/20/1982 | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Cherry. Per the American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Quite large (often an inch in diameter), on crowded old trees only medium; heart-shaped, often rather obtuse, surface slightly uneven; nearly or quite black; stalk an inch and a half long, slightly sunk; flesh dark, half tender, with a peculiar liver-like consistancy, rich, nearly destitute of acid, with a very fine, mild flavor. Ripens early, or about the middle of June. Shoots very erect. The vigorous growth and great productiveness of the tree, and the large size and mild, sweet flavor of the fruit, render this variety a general favorite." Per Cherries, pg. 20: "Large, obtuse heart-shaped, surface irregular and uneven, deep black; stalk an inch and a half long; flesh purplish, thick, juicy, half tender, and rich; stone small, roundish oval; succeeds best against a wall, when it is ready by the end of June." | 1003097 | DPRU 121 |
| 18 | DPRU 133 | 'Elton' | Prunus avium (L.) L. | England, United Kingdom | | | Historic | 1983 | DEVELOPED | 1896 | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Cherry. Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Large, pointed heart-shaped, somewhat oblong; pale yellow, blotched and shaded with red; stalk two inches long, slender; flesh firm, becoming rather tender, rich, high flavor; 'very good' Season medium. Not desirable for market because of its light color, tender flesh, and liability to rot, but excellent for home use. English. Rather tender in very severe climates." Per Hedrick (see citation): "Brown-rot...attacks this cherry more aggressively than any other sort...The tree...is a little tender to cold. Tree large, vigorous, upright-spreading, open-topped, very productive...Leaves numerous, five and one-half inches long, two and one half inches wide, folded upward, long-obovate to elliptical, thin; petiolee two inches long, heavily tinged with red, with a few scattering hairs along the upper surface, with from two to four reniform or globose, reddish-brown glands on the stalk. Buds large, long, pointed, plump, free, arranged singly as lateral buds and on very short spurs variable in size; mid-season in blooming; flowers one and one-half inches across, white... Fruit matures early; about one inch long, three fourths inch wide...skin thin, thender, separating from the pulp; flesh white with a tinge of yellow, with colorless juice, slightly stringy, tender, very mild, sweet; of good quality; stone free except along the ventral suture, one-half inch long, long-ovate." See also, The Cherry, pg. 194, ruit Growing in South Africa, pg. 186, and The Fruit Garden (see citation below). | 1003311 | DPRU 133 |
| 19 | DPRU 741 | Morello Rootstock | Prunus cerasus L. | | | | Historic | 1900 | | | | | | | Rootstock | Per "The American Fruit Culturist" (see citation): "Rather large, approaching medium; round, obscurely heart-shaped; dark red, becoming nearly black; flesh dark-purplish crimson, of a rich acid, mixed with a slight astringency. Season very late, to after mid-summer. In England its ripening is retarded till autumn by the shading of a wall. The common Morello is a smaller sub-variety, a litle darker and with smaller branches." Per "Manual of Fruits," p. 22: "Large, obtuse heart-shaped, roundish, dark red; flesh purplish red, tender, juicy, and pleasantly sub-acid; used for culinary purposes." | 1008494 | DPRU 741 |
| 20 | DPRU 872 | KELSEY | Prunus salicina Lindl. | California, United States | | | Historic | 1900 | DONATED | | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Plum. Per the American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Tree an upright grower, with narrow leaves; fruit very large, heart-shape, tapering, lop-sided, with a deep suture; skin bright reddish-purple on yellow ground; flesh yelllow, cling, very good. Late. Tender in the North. Valued in California. THe first Japanese plum distributed." Per the Plums of New York (see citation): "Kelsey, the first of the Triflora plums introduced into America, was brought into the country by a Mr. Hough of Vacaville, California, in 1870, through the United States consul in Japan...Tree vigorous, upright, vasiform, tender productive, and early and regular bearer; leaves somewhat scant, small, lanceolate, narrow; blooming season early; fruit very late, season long; keeps and ships unually well;...color rather unattractive yellow, tinged and splashed with red, often overspread with pruple, with attractive bloom...skin tender; flesh delicate yellow, juicy, firm and meaty, rich, pleasant, aromatic; good to very good; stone clinging unless well ripened..." Same as DPRU 1241. | 1009558 | DPRU 872 |
| 21 | DPRU 927 | Reine Claude de Bavay | Prunus domestica L. | California, United States | DAV | | | 1900 | DONATED | | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Plum. Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): "Round-oval; greenish-yellow, spotted with red, with small, violet-colored, longitudinal veins; flesh rather firm, juicy, sugary, rich, of fine quality, adhering slightly to the stone. Shoots smooth; leaves roundish, shining--the growth resembling Washington but leaves smaller and shots slenderer. Very productive. Mid-season. Belgium." | 1010096 | DPRU 927 |
| 22 | DPRU 933 | Bury Seedling | Prunus domestica L. | California, United States | | | Historic | 1900 | DONATED | | | | | | Cultivar | Type = Plum. Per The American Fruit Culturist (see citation): Very large (often more than two inches long), oval suture distinct, one side more enlarged, necked; light yellow, often dotted red to the sun; stalk three-fourths of an inch long, rather stiff; flesh yellowish, rather firm, rich, sweet, not fine-grained, closely adhereing to the pointed stone. Quite late, does not always ripen at the North-- requires a long season. An excellent late sort of English origin. Shoots smooth, rather glossy. Extensively grown on the Pacific coast as the 'Silver Prune.'" Per Elliot's Fruit Book: "This is an English variety. Tree only moderately productive; and although we should always plant, yet it does not always mature perfectly north of 40 deg. latitude. Branches - smooth; Fruit - large, oval; Suture - well marked, one side enlarged; Skin - light yellow, much dottend or mottled with red on side exposed to sun; Flesh - adhering to the stone, yellowish, firm, rather coarse-grained, but rich and sweet; Stalk - three-fourths to an inch long, rather stiff. Season - last of September. The Yellow Egg is often grown under this name at the West." | 1010158 | DPRU 933 |