Taxon ID: 1
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Waukon is an apple cultivar recorded in prairie fruit literature as a selection of unknown parentage, linked to G. H. Sikes of Moorhead, Minnesota, around 1920.[S1] A 1946 prairie orchard bulletin also listed it among apple varieties worth describing for prairie growers.[S3]
The brief surviving description is suggestive. Edible Apples in Prairie Canada calls Waukon a Wealthy type, but hardier, and says it tolerated heavy clay soil.[S1] This places it in the familiar Wealthy line of northern apples and suggests why it remained worth noting in colder orchard districts.[S1]
Hardiness is described more by where it was recommended than by a modern zone rating. South Dakota Extension listed Waukon as a fall apple for trial in Zone III, defined there as the plains and level prairies of the northern two thirds of the state.[S2] Prairie orchard indexing in the Canadian West points the same way.[S3]
The record is still thin. These sources do not give a fuller account of fruit size, color, flesh, flavor, season, or storage, and they do not explain the hardiness code attached to the prairie entry.[S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
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“Listed under Apples in the page's 'List of Varieties Described.'”
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“Erskine recommendation noted; references L&Uand H1-2.”
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“Described as a Wealthy type, but hardier.”
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“Listed with hardiness code ST.”
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
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| ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | recommendation_table | recommended | FALL APPLES | 0.84 |
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 10 | 0 | 0 | p72 | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).; Referenced to L&U with hardiness noted as H1-2.; Erskine recommended it.; Tolerates heavy clay soil. |
| 2 | South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11) | public_domain | 5 | 0 | 0 | p1 | Goal (1); ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State; FALL APPLES; For Trial |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | p72 | description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | source_reference_abbreviation | Referenced to L&Uwith hardiness noted as H1-2. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | recommendation_context | Erskine recommended it. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | entry_hardiness_observation | Tolerates heavy clay soil. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | description_snippet | Wealthy type, but hardier. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | hardiness_code_expansion | ST indicates a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | release_year_reference | Approximate date c.1920. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | entry_location | Moorehead, Minnesota. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | breeder_reference | Associated with G.H. Sikes. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | entry_pedigree | Parentage unknown. | Waukon (unknown) G.H. Sikes, Moorehead, Minn.(c.1920) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | recommendation_count_note | Goal (1) | Waukon Goal (1) | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | column_scope_context | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | FALL APPLES | For Trial | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Waukon | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | taxon_context | FALL APPLES | FALL APPLES | For Trial | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Waukon | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | table_axis_context | For Trial | FALL APPLES | For Trial | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Waukon | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | structured_entry_json | {"column_label": "ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State", "cultivar_name": "Waukon", "notes": ["Goal (1)"], "page_number": 1, "parser_mode": "visual_table_page", "row_ | FALL APPLES | For Trial | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Waukon | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
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| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | 0.96 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Referenced to L&U with hardiness noted as H1-2. | 0.87 |
| recommendation_context | Erskine recommended it. | 0.93 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Tolerates heavy clay soil. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Wealthy type, but hardier. | 0.96 |
| hardiness_code_expansion | ST indicates a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | 0.98 |
| release_year_reference | Approximate date c.1920. | 0.95 |
| entry_location | Moorehead, Minnesota. | 0.98 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with G.H. Sikes. | 0.98 |
| entry_pedigree | Parentage unknown. | 0.97 |
| recommendation_count_note | Goal (1) | 0.92 |
| column_scope_context | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | 0.92 |
| taxon_context | FALL APPLES | 0.92 |
| table_axis_context | For Trial | 0.92 |
| structured_entry_json | {"column_label": "ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State", "cultivar_name": "Waukon", "notes": ["Goal (1)"], "page_number": 1, "parser_mode": "visual_table_page", "row_context": null, "row_label": "For Trial" | 0.94 |
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