Taxon ID:
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
Open profile JSON | Open lineage explorer | Open lineage JSON
Evidence Badge: emerging | claims=12 | sources=1 | contradictions=0
Claim Types: description_snippet:2, breeder_reference:1, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, growth_habit:1, keeping_quality:1, productivity:1, storage_duration:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
Connected Views: lineage table | lineage graph | history charts | trait matrix | search
Link Filter: showing signal links (candidate hidden); hidden candidate links=0. Show candidate links
Mills is a northern apple linked to Whitney Mills of Litchfield, Minnesota. The South Dakota bulletin says it was grown from seed of Transcendent crab, supplied by L. E. Day. Its recorded parentage is Transcendent crab seed, not a controlled cross. [S1]
The tree is very upright and bears well each year. The source notes Mills as a seedling apple with a known grower, a named seed source, and regular production. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized, regular, and roundish. The skin is yellow, striped and splashed with red, with color compared to Duchess. The flesh is white, juicy, subacid, and good. The cavity is regular and acute, with a radiating patch of russet. The basin is wide, shallow, somewhat wavy, and wrinkled. The calyx is half open, and the fruit is nearly sessile. [S1]
Mills is listed for October. The source says it does not keep as long as Wealthy, so its storage life appears shorter than that better known northern apple. [S1]
No hardiness zone is given. Its place in A Study of Northwestern Apples and its Minnesota origin put it in a northern apple evaluation context, but the packet gives no direct winter survival statement. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Dots minute, white, very obscure; cavity regular, acute, with radiating patch of russet; basin wide, shallow, somewhat wavy and wrinkled.”
— [1]
“Basin shallow, wrinkled.”
— [1]
“Flesh white, juicy, subacid, good.”
— [1]
Direct parent cultivars
Parentage claim text
Derived or downstream cultivar links
Source-story quotations
Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.
Related cultivars mentioned in source context
Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No explicit zone assertion rows yet. | ||||||
No linked media assets.
| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 12 | 0 | 0 | p75 p144 | Basin/worning descriptor indicates shallow and wrinkled.; Cavity regular, acute, with radiating patch of russet; stem medium; basin wide, shallow, somewhat wavy and wrinkled; calyx half open; nearly sessile fruit.; Ripen |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | p144 | description_snippet | Basin/worning descriptor indicates shallow and wrinkled. | Shallow, wrinkled. Mills. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | description_snippet | Cavity regular, acute, with radiating patch of russet; stem medium; basin wide, shallow, somewhat wavy and wrinkled; calyx half open; nearly sessile fruit. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | storage_duration | Ripening/availability indicated as October with short relative keeping performance compared to Wealthy. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | keeping_quality | Marked as not keeping as long as Wealthy. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | flavor_profile | Flesh white, juicy, subacid. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | fruit_color | Surface yellow, striped and splashed red (Duchess-type coloring). | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | fruit_size | Fruit is medium, regular, roundish. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | productivity | Described as a good annual bearer. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | growth_habit | Tree described as very upright. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | breeder_reference | Associated persons: Whitney Mills (propagator) and L. E. Day (seed source). | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | entry_location | Origin/reference location is Litchfield, Minnesota. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | entry_pedigree | Provenance notes state it was grown by Whitney Mills and originated from seed of Transcendent crab, with seed furnished by L. E. Day. | Mills-Grown by Whitney Mills, Litchfield, Minnesota, from Transcendent crab, seed furnished by L. E. Day. Tree very upright, a good annual bearer. Fruit medium, regular, roundish; surface yellow, striped and splashed red | page_block:0.90 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| No catalog issue offerings linked. | |||
| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| No linked entities at this filter level. | |||
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| description_snippet | Basin/worning descriptor indicates shallow and wrinkled. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Cavity regular, acute, with radiating patch of russet; stem medium; basin wide, shallow, somewhat wavy and wrinkled; calyx half open; nearly sessile fruit. | 0.95 |
| storage_duration | Ripening/availability indicated as October with short relative keeping performance compared to Wealthy. | 0.89 |
| keeping_quality | Marked as not keeping as long as Wealthy. | 0.96 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh white, juicy, subacid. | 0.95 |
| fruit_color | Surface yellow, striped and splashed red (Duchess-type coloring). | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is medium, regular, roundish. | 0.96 |
| productivity | Described as a good annual bearer. | 0.95 |
| growth_habit | Tree described as very upright. | 0.97 |
| breeder_reference | Associated persons: Whitney Mills (propagator) and L. E. Day (seed source). | 0.92 |
| entry_location | Origin/reference location is Litchfield, Minnesota. | 0.98 |
| entry_pedigree | Provenance notes state it was grown by Whitney Mills and originated from seed of Transcendent crab, with seed furnished by L. E. Day. | 0.98 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| No history events. | |||