Cultivar 1649: Ditus Day

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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no

Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 12 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0

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Claim Types: description_snippet:2, flavor_profile:2, fruit_size:2, storage_duration:2, anecdote_snippet:1, fruit_color:1, selection_origin_reference:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON

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Ditus Day was recorded as an apple originated by Ditus Day of Farmington, Minnesota, and was also identified as “No. 2” in the source. Day said the tree came from a Saxton apple that killed down in the winter of 1884-85; part of it sprouted back as Saxton, while another part produced this seedling [S1].

The fruit was described as small, roundish, regular, and truncated. Its skin was green with a dull red streaked cheek, becoming nearly solid red with obscure streaks on the sunny side [S1].

The flesh was white, pleasant, subacid, and rated good. The apple was listed for late winter and spring keeping, with another source table also noting small size, subacid flesh, and late winter season [S1].

Summary source basis

This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.

Featured source descriptions

“Cavity wide, regular, obtuse, with patch, generally large, of radiating russet; stem medium to long; basin wide, shallow, with fine wrinkles.”
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“Tube funnel-shaped, stamens marginal; flesh subacid; size small; late winter.”
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“Core closed, clasping; tube long, funnel-shaped; stamens marginal.”
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“Flesh white, pleasant subacid, good.”
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14A Study of Northwestern Applesunknown1200p46 p47 p137Holding period/season noted as late winter.; Fruit size small.; Flesh subacid.; Listed as a D-section entry with catalog number No. 2; no additional descriptive morphology is readable on this page.

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14p137storage_durationHolding period/season noted as late winter.Flesh subacid; size small; late winter ... Ditus Daypage_block:0.90
14p137fruit_sizeFruit size small.Flesh subacid; size small; late winter ... Ditus Daypage_block:0.90
14p137flavor_profileFlesh subacid.Flesh subacid; size small; late winter ... Ditus Daypage_block:0.90
14p47description_snippetListed as a D-section entry with catalog number No. 2; no additional descriptive morphology is readable on this page."Ditus Day." (No. 2)page_block:0.90
14p46description_snippetCore closed, clasping; tube long, funnel-shaped; stamens marginal.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90
14p46anecdote_snippetMr. Day says he has shown two-year fruit side by side with Saxtons and identified this as seedling No. 2 at Minnesota State Fair.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90
14p46storage_durationMaturity window includes late winter and spring.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90
14p46flavor_profileFlesh described as white, pleasant, subacid, and good.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90
14p46fruit_colorSurface green with dull red streaked cheek and sunny-side red streaking; dots minute and white.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90
14p46fruit_sizeFruit described as small, roundish, regular, truncated.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90
14p46entry_locationLocation context: Farmington, Minnesota.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90
14p46selection_origin_referenceIntroduced as Ditus Day (No. 2), originating from seedling work by Ditus Day.Ditus Day (No. 2)—Originated by Ditus Day, Farmington, Minnesota. Mr. Day has repeatedly shown the fruit of two years, in good condition, side by side at the Minnesota State Fair. Mr. Day said, in September 1898: “Iboughpage_block:0.90

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storage_durationHolding period/season noted as late winter.0.93
fruit_sizeFruit size small.0.92
flavor_profileFlesh subacid.0.95
description_snippetListed as a D-section entry with catalog number No. 2; no additional descriptive morphology is readable on this page.0.76
description_snippetCore closed, clasping; tube long, funnel-shaped; stamens marginal.0.97
anecdote_snippetMr. Day says he has shown two-year fruit side by side with Saxtons and identified this as seedling No. 2 at Minnesota State Fair.0.94
storage_durationMaturity window includes late winter and spring.0.96
flavor_profileFlesh described as white, pleasant, subacid, and good.0.99
fruit_colorSurface green with dull red streaked cheek and sunny-side red streaking; dots minute and white.0.98
fruit_sizeFruit described as small, roundish, regular, truncated.0.99
entry_locationLocation context: Farmington, Minnesota.0.99
selection_origin_referenceIntroduced as Ditus Day (No. 2), originating from seedling work by Ditus Day.0.99

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