Cultivar 1671: Golden Ball

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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: 10 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0

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Golden Ball is an apple also recorded as Hyde's King of the West. It was introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, and the same source says plant material was later received from Ohio by R. P. Speer of Cedar Falls, Iowa [S1].

The fruit is described as medium sized, round, regular, smooth, and golden yellow, with many minute white dots and larger white bases [S1]. The flesh is white, juicy, subacid, and rated good [S1].

The entry marks it as a winter apple [S1]. A later list note describes the cells as elliptical [S1].

Summary source basis

S1: A Study of Northwestern Apples

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

Featured source descriptions

“Dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, often lipped, sometimes almost flat; stem long; basin wide, shallow, slightly ribbed; calyx closed.”
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“Core open, meeting; cells elliptical, abaxile, entire; tube conical; stamens basal; seeds long, pointed, flattened.”
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“Listed under tube conical; stamens basal.”
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“Also known as Hyde's King of the West.”
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Parentage

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Source-story quotations

Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, often lipped, sometimes almost flat; stem long; basin wide, shallow, slightly ribbed; calyx closed. .A Study of Northwestern Apples, p53
Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, often lipped, sometimes almost flat; stem long; basin wide, shallow, slightly ribbed; calyx closed. .A Study of Northwestern Apples, p53
Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, often lipped, sometimes almost flat; stem long; basin wide, shallow, slightly ribbed; calyx closed. .A Study of Northwestern Apples, p53
Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, often lipped, sometimes almost flat; stem long; basin wide, shallow, slightly ribbed; calyx closed. .A Study of Northwestern Apples, p53

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Cold Hardiness

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Citation Drawer (Top Supporting Sources)

Document	Title/URL	Rights	Claims	Relationships	History Events	Pages	Snippets
14	A Study of Northwestern Apples	unknown	10	0	0	p53 p132 p140	Cells described as elliptical.; Introduced near Winona, Ohio.; Introducer identified as Reverend D. M. Hyde.; Introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, over thirty years before the bulletin note.

Citation Evidence (Page-Linked Quotes)

Document	Page	Claim Type	Claim	Quote	Match
14	p140	description_snippet	Cells described as elliptical.	Cells ellipt ical ... Golden Ball	page_block:0.90
14	p132	entry_location	Introduced near Winona, Ohio.	Golden Ball -Also known as Hyde's King of the West. Introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, over thirty years ago.	page_block:0.90
14	p132	breeder_reference	Introducer identified as Reverend D. M. Hyde.	Golden Ball -Also known as Hyde's King of the West. Introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, over thirty years ago.	page_block:0.90
14	p132	selection_origin_reference	Introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, over thirty years before the bulletin note.	Golden Ball -Also known as Hyde's King of the West. Introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, over thirty years ago.	page_block:0.90
14	p132	source_reference_abbreviation	Synonym explicitly stated: Hyde's King of the West.	Golden Ball -Also known as Hyde's King of the West. Introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, over thirty years ago.	page_block:0.90
14	p53	storage_duration	Marked as a winter-harvest/maturity entry.	Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, o	page_block:0.90
14	p53	flavor_profile	Flesh white, juicy, subacid, and good.	Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, o	page_block:0.90
14	p53	fruit_color	Surface smooth and golden yellow with many minute white dots and larger white bases.	Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, o	page_block:0.90
14	p53	fruit_size	Fruit is medium, round, regular.	Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, o	page_block:0.90
14	p53	selection_origin_reference	Plant material received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa.	Golden Ball - Tree received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa. Fruit medium, round, regular; surface smooth, golden yellow; dots obscure, numerous, minute, white, with large white bases; cavity wide, shallow, o	page_block:0.90

Nursery Offering Timeline

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Evidence Claims

Type	Claim	Confidence
description_snippet	Cells described as elliptical.	0.84
entry_location	Introduced near Winona, Ohio.	0.95
breeder_reference	Introducer identified as Reverend D. M. Hyde.	0.93
selection_origin_reference	Introduced by Rev. D. M. Hyde near Winona, Ohio, over thirty years before the bulletin note.	0.93
source_reference_abbreviation	Synonym explicitly stated: Hyde's King of the West.	0.97
storage_duration	Marked as a winter-harvest/maturity entry.	0.82
flavor_profile	Flesh white, juicy, subacid, and good.	0.89
fruit_color	Surface smooth and golden yellow with many minute white dots and larger white bases.	0.91
fruit_size	Fruit is medium, round, regular.	0.93
selection_origin_reference	Plant material received from Ohio by R. P. Speer, Cedar Falls, Iowa.	0.95

History Events

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