Taxon ID: 3
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 11 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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DeSota is listed as a native plum in South Dakota State University Extension guidance for home fruit gardens. It appears in a cross pollination recommendation list with Surprise, Terry, Wyant, Westesa, Assiniboine, and Bounty.[S1] The source places it in a cold climate fruit growing context across South Dakota planting zones, from southern border counties to the northern prairie region. This table entry does not give a separate fruit description, origin story, or breeder note for DeSota.[S1]
The source does show DeSota's practical role clearly. It is listed under Native Plums in a recommendation table for home orchard planning, and the row context is For Cross Pollination.[S1] This places DeSota in the historical nursery and extension record as a pollination companion in native plum plantings, not as a standalone fruit profile.[S1]
The geographic setting matters. This recommendation comes from a South Dakota extension publication built around hardiness zones, protected sites, and prairie fruit growing. DeSota's inclusion indicates it was considered suitable for that regional cold climate garden context.[S1] The source does not state a precise hardiness zone, fruit quality, ripening season, or tree habit for DeSota.[S1]
DeSota's significance in this record is modest but useful. It is one of the named native plums preserved in prairie era extension guidance, and it appears as part of the pollination ecology of northern plum growing rather than in a full cultivar monograph.[S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co., with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
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“Listed under Native Plums for cross pollination.”
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| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
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| other | recommendation_table | recommended | NATIVE PLUMS | 0.84 |
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 103 | PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co. | unknown | 6 | 0 | 0 | p17 | Said to be dependable for bearing its annual heavy crop.; Flesh sweet and juicy, with fine flavor and quality.; Yellow to orange fruit overlaid with a touch of crimson.; Fruit of medium size. |
| 2 | South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11) | public_domain | 5 | 0 | 0 | p1 | merged across zone columns; other; NATIVE PLUMS; For Cross Pollination |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 103 | p17 | recommendation_context | Said to be dependable for bearing its annual heavy crop. | DESOTA—This is probably the most largely planted of any plum of the Americana group. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p17 | flavor_profile | Flesh sweet and juicy, with fine flavor and quality. | DESOTA—This is probably the most largely planted of any plum of the Americana group. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p17 | fruit_color | Yellow to orange fruit overlaid with a touch of crimson. | DESOTA—This is probably the most largely planted of any plum of the Americana group. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p17 | fruit_size | Fruit of medium size. | DESOTA—This is probably the most largely planted of any plum of the Americana group. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p17 | productivity | Its productiveness is almost too great; the tree should be thinned to prevent over-bearing and improve fruit size. | DESOTA—This is probably the most largely planted of any plum of the Americana group. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p17 | taxon_context | Described as a plum of the Americana group. | DESOTA—This is probably the most largely planted of any plum of the Americana group. | page_block:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | entry_cultural_note | merged across zone columns | DeSota merged across zone columns | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | column_scope_context | other | NATIVE PLUMS | For Cross Pollination | other | DeSota | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | taxon_context | NATIVE PLUMS | NATIVE PLUMS | For Cross Pollination | other | DeSota | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | table_axis_context | For Cross Pollination | NATIVE PLUMS | For Cross Pollination | other | DeSota | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | structured_entry_json | {"column_label": "other", "cultivar_name": "DeSota", "notes": ["merged across zone columns"], "page_number": 1, "parser_mode": "visual_table_page", "row_context": null, "row_label" | NATIVE PLUMS | For Cross Pollination | other | DeSota | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| recommendation_context | Said to be dependable for bearing its annual heavy crop. | 0.93 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh sweet and juicy, with fine flavor and quality. | 0.94 |
| fruit_color | Yellow to orange fruit overlaid with a touch of crimson. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit of medium size. | 0.94 |
| productivity | Its productiveness is almost too great; the tree should be thinned to prevent over-bearing and improve fruit size. | 0.95 |
| taxon_context | Described as a plum of the Americana group. | 0.95 |
| entry_cultural_note | merged across zone columns | 0.92 |
| column_scope_context | other | 0.92 |
| taxon_context | NATIVE PLUMS | 0.92 |
| table_axis_context | For Cross Pollination | 0.92 |
| structured_entry_json | {"column_label": "other", "cultivar_name": "DeSota", "notes": ["merged across zone columns"], "page_number": 1, "parser_mode": "visual_table_page", "row_context": null, "row_label": "For Cross Pollination", "section_labe | 0.94 |
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