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Lyman Sweet is a large red apple from Excelsior, Minnesota. It originated in 1876 from Wealthy seed and is attributed to H. M. Lyman. A South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin calls it showy and says it won second premium as a seedling at the Minnesota State Fair on September 1, 1902. [S1]
The fruit is large, regular, and roundish oblong. Its ground color is greenish yellow, almost fully covered with fine solid dark red. The same source notes large gray dots, a deep narrow cavity with slight russet, a long stem, and a regular smooth basin. [S1]
In the bulletin's artificial identification key, Lyman Sweet is listed with the solid red apples. The key describes it as large, with a very small smooth basin. Another diagnostic line gives a conical tube and marginal stamens. [S1]
The available source does not give eating quality, flesh texture, ripening season, storage behavior, tree habit, disease notes, or a direct hardiness rating. Its northern context comes from its Minnesota origin and inclusion in a South Dakota bulletin on northwestern apples, but no zone claim is stated. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Cavity deep, somewhat acuminate, regular, narrow, with a trace of russet.”
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“Tube conical, stamens marginal; basin very small, smooth.”
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“Dots distinct, numerous, large, and gray.”
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“Basin regular and smooth.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p72 p136 | Basin very small and smooth within solid red class.; Size large.; Entry text is clipped at page bottom after "basin regular, smooth," suggesting continued continuation on next page/next OCR block.; Fruit color: greenish |
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| 14 | p136 | description_snippet | Basin very small and smooth within solid red class. | CLASS B. SOLID RED ... Basin very small, smooth ; size large ... Lyman Sweet | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p136 | fruit_size | Size large. | CLASS B. SOLID RED ... Basin very small, smooth ; size large ... Lyman Sweet | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p72 | description_snippet | Entry text is clipped at page bottom after "basin regular, smooth," suggesting continued continuation on next page/next OCR block. | Lyman Sweet—Originated 1876, from Wealthy seed by the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. Awarded second premium as seedling, Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902—Fruit large, regular, roundish oblong; surface gre | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p72 | description_snippet | Fruit color: greenish yellow, nearly fully covered with fine solid dark red; dots distinct, numerous, large, gray; cavity deep and somewhat acuminate, regular, narrow, trace of rus | Lyman Sweet—Originated 1876, from Wealthy seed by the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. Awarded second premium as seedling, Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902—Fruit large, regular, roundish oblong; surface gre | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p72 | fruit_size | Fruit large, regular, roundish-oblong. | Lyman Sweet—Originated 1876, from Wealthy seed by the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. Awarded second premium as seedling, Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902—Fruit large, regular, roundish oblong; surface gre | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p72 | recommendation_context | Awarded second premium as a seedling at Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902. | Lyman Sweet—Originated 1876, from Wealthy seed by the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. Awarded second premium as seedling, Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902—Fruit large, regular, roundish oblong; surface gre | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p72 | selection_origin_reference | Selection/location reference: Excelsior, Minnesota. | Lyman Sweet—Originated 1876, from Wealthy seed by the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. Awarded second premium as seedling, Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902—Fruit large, regular, roundish oblong; surface gre | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p72 | breeder_reference | Attributed to the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. | Lyman Sweet—Originated 1876, from Wealthy seed by the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. Awarded second premium as seedling, Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902—Fruit large, regular, roundish oblong; surface gre | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p72 | entry_pedigree | Originated in 1876 from Wealthy seed. | Lyman Sweet—Originated 1876, from Wealthy seed by the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. Awarded second premium as seedling, Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902—Fruit large, regular, roundish oblong; surface gre | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Basin very small and smooth within solid red class. | 0.90 |
| fruit_size | Size large. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Entry text is clipped at page bottom after "basin regular, smooth," suggesting continued continuation on next page/next OCR block. | 0.92 |
| description_snippet | Fruit color: greenish yellow, nearly fully covered with fine solid dark red; dots distinct, numerous, large, gray; cavity deep and somewhat acuminate, regular, narrow, trace of russet; stem long; basin regular, smooth. | 0.99 |
| fruit_size | Fruit large, regular, roundish-oblong. | 0.99 |
| recommendation_context | Awarded second premium as a seedling at Minnesota State Fair, September 1, 1902. | 0.97 |
| selection_origin_reference | Selection/location reference: Excelsior, Minnesota. | 0.98 |
| breeder_reference | Attributed to the late H. M. Lyman, Excelsior, Minnesota. | 0.98 |
| entry_pedigree | Originated in 1876 from Wealthy seed. | 0.99 |
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