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S. D. Macata is a crabapple selection from the South Dakota hardy fruit program. In 1938, it was described as a cross of McIntosh apple and Pyrus baccata [S1]. The entry places it within efforts to improve very hardy crabapple material for the northern plains. That suggests the same cold region focus seen in the broader South Dakota breeding work, though the cultivar entry does not name a separate release institution [S1].
The fruit is small, about 1 1/2 inches across and 1 1/8 inches deep. It is described as brilliant polished red all over [S1]. The flesh is rich subacid. The fruit is noted less for dessert quality than for kitchen use. It cooks tender into a light colored, pleasantly flavored sauce [S1]. Season is late fall [S1].
No direct description of tree habit, bearing, or disease is given for S. D. Macata itself in the surviving cultivar entry [S1]. The bulletin shows Hansen's broader interest in hardy crabapple breeding for annual bearing, hardiness, and useful culinary qualities, but those surrounding remarks should not be read as specific tree claims for this cultivar unless a fuller entry appears [S1].
Its parentage is the clearest guide to its place in the archive. McIntosh ties it to the cultivated apple, while Pyrus baccata points to the Siberian crabapple side of prairie hardiness breeding [S1]. This places S. D. Macata within the long northern effort to combine better fruit quality with the durability needed for the upper plains [S1]. The bulletin supports a cold climate context, but it does not give a direct hardiness zone or explicit survival statement for this selection [S1].
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This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest.
Featured source descriptions
“South Dakota selection indicated by the S. D. prefix.”
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“Listed in the table of contents under "IMPROVING THE SIBERIAN CRABAPPLE" with entry page 11.”
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“Indexed to Bulletin 339, page 11.”
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“Season is late fall.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 1 | New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest | unknown | 42 | 0 | 0 | p12 | S. D. Macata: However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce.; S. D. Macata: In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | As far as can be determined the author has done more than any one else to improve this native American | As far as can be determined the author has done more than any one else to improve this native American | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | In later years the main attention has been given to the Nevis wild crab (introduced 1930) Pyrus loensis, from the farthest northwestern point where it has been found native, Nevis, | In later years the main attention has been given to the Nevis wild crab (introduced 1930) Pyrus loensis, from the farthest northwestern point where it has been found native, Nevis, Minnesota, near the headwaters of the M | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | It has been thought by many that it was impossible to improve the American wild crab, but the author has been working with this problem many years, and has produced many hybrids | It has been thought by many that it was impossible to improve the American wild crab, but the author has been working with this problem many years, and has produced many hybrids | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Recent study in Sweden and England indicates triploid apples contain more vitamins than ordinary apples, and are higher in quality | Recent study in Sweden and England indicates triploid apples contain more vitamins than ordinary apples, and are higher in quality | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Tetraploids make is possible to originate many triploid apples (51 chromosomes) by crossing tetraploids with any of the usual diploids (34 chromosomes) | Tetraploids make is possible to originate many triploid apples (51 chromosomes) by crossing tetraploids with any of the usual diploids (34 chromosomes) | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The Kola and the other wild crab hybrids, such as Shoko, Zapta, and Tipi as pointed out in Bulletin 224, are all heavy annual bearers even in dry seasons | The Kola and the other wild crab hybrids, such as Shoko, Zapta, and Tipi as pointed out in Bulletin 224, are all heavy annual bearers even in dry seasons | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Lincoln, University of Maryland, shows that Tipi, Shoko, Zapta, and Elk River are all tetraploids; also, that Nevis is a diploid | Lincoln, University of Maryland, shows that Tipi, Shoko, Zapta, and Elk River are all tetraploids; also, that Nevis is a diploid | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Later research by Dr | Later research by Dr | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Bernhard Nebel, Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York | Bernhard Nebel, Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | This was first determined in 1928 by Dr | This was first determined in 1928 by Dr | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The Kola crabapple (South Dakota Station Bulletin 224) has become of great interest to cytologists and plant-breeders the world over, because it is the first known tetraploid among | The Kola crabapple (South Dakota Station Bulletin 224) has become of great interest to cytologists and plant-breeders the world over, because it is the first known tetraploid among cultivated named apples with 68 chromos | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Some undesirable characters are the small size of fruit and thorniness of tree | Some undesirable characters are the small size of fruit and thorniness of tree | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Other advantages are: annual bearing, early bearing, early ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | Other advantages are: annual bearing, early bearing, early ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | In fact, some people consider wild American apples a fair substitute for quinces in making pres�rves | In fact, some people consider wild American apples a fair substitute for quinces in making pres�rves | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The abundant fragrant pink and white blossoms in the spring make the trees of great value for lawn and park planting, while the fruit is too sour and astringent to tempt anyone | The abundant fragrant pink and white blossoms in the spring make the trees of great value for lawn and park planting, while the fruit is too sour and astringent to tempt anyone | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically immune to blight | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The chief hope in growing many thousands of apple and crabapple seedlings has been to tame the wild American crabapple enough so that the fruit would be desirable at least for culi | The chief hope in growing many thousands of apple and crabapple seedlings has been to tame the wild American crabapple enough so that the fruit would be desirable at least for culinary use | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | This 5erved to tone down the astringency | This 5erved to tone down the astringency | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The Indians cached or stored the fruit outdoors in the earth over winter | The Indians cached or stored the fruit outdoors in the earth over winter | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Taming the American Wild Crabapple The wild crabapple was the only apple known to the Indians before the white man brought over the cultivated apple which is a native of the temper | Taming the American Wild Crabapple The wild crabapple was the only apple known to the Indians before the white man brought over the cultivated apple which is a native of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Season late fall | Season late fall | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Fruit 1 Yz inches across, 1 Ys inches deep | Fruit 1 Yz inches across, 1 Ys inches deep | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Abrilliant polished red all over; flesh rich subacid, cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | Abrilliant polished red all over; flesh rich subacid, cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | MAcATA crabapple-1938 | MAcATA crabapple-1938 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce. | 0.54 |
| description_snippet | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically immune to blight. | 0.54 |
| culinary_use | cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | 0.56 |
| productivity | productive, and practically immune to blight | 0.56 |
| ripening_window | ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | 0.56 |
| storage_duration | keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | 0.56 |
| flavor_profile | flavor to common apple sauce | 0.57 |
| fruit_size | 1 7/8 inches | 0.58 |
| release_year_reference | 1930 | 0.68 |
| institution_reference | University of Maryland | 0.60 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"S. D. Macata","year":1938,"heading_raw":"S. D. MAcATA","locations":["Minneapolis, Minnesota","Nevis, Minnesota"],"crosses":["Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata","Agricultural E x periment Station"],"fruit_s | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | As far as can be determined the author has done more than any one else to improve this native American | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | In later years the main attention has been given to the Nevis wild crab (introduced 1930) Pyrus loensis, from the farthest northwestern point where it has been found native, Nevis, Minnesota, near the headwaters of the M | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | It has been thought by many that it was impossible to improve the American wild crab, but the author has been working with this problem many years, and has produced many hybrids | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Recent study in Sweden and England indicates triploid apples contain more vitamins than ordinary apples, and are higher in quality | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Tetraploids make is possible to originate many triploid apples (51 chromosomes) by crossing tetraploids with any of the usual diploids (34 chromosomes) | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The Kola and the other wild crab hybrids, such as Shoko, Zapta, and Tipi as pointed out in Bulletin 224, are all heavy annual bearers even in dry seasons | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Lincoln, University of Maryland, shows that Tipi, Shoko, Zapta, and Elk River are all tetraploids; also, that Nevis is a diploid | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Later research by Dr | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Bernhard Nebel, Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | This was first determined in 1928 by Dr | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The Kola crabapple (South Dakota Station Bulletin 224) has become of great interest to cytologists and plant-breeders the world over, because it is the first known tetraploid among cultivated named apples with 68 chromos | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Some undesirable characters are the small size of fruit and thorniness of tree | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Other advantages are: annual bearing, early bearing, early ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | In fact, some people consider wild American apples a fair substitute for quinces in making pres�rves | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The abundant fragrant pink and white blossoms in the spring make the trees of great value for lawn and park planting, while the fruit is too sour and astringent to tempt anyone | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically immune to blight | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The chief hope in growing many thousands of apple and crabapple seedlings has been to tame the wild American crabapple enough so that the fruit would be desirable at least for culinary use | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | This 5erved to tone down the astringency | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The Indians cached or stored the fruit outdoors in the earth over winter | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Taming the American Wild Crabapple The wild crabapple was the only apple known to the Indians before the white man brought over the cultivated apple which is a native of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Season late fall | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Fruit 1 Yz inches across, 1 Ys inches deep | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | A brilliant polished red all over; flesh rich subacid, cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | MAcATA crabapple-1938 | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | Agricultural E x periment Station | 0.90 |
| breeding_cross | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Nevis, Minnesota | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1938 | 0.92 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
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| No history events. | |||