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Minnesota Gilbert is a Minnesota apple described in N. E. Hansen's 1902 northern apple bulletin. The Minnesota horticultural society recommended it for trial as Gilbert. It was later renamed Minnesota Gilbert because Gilbert was already used for a Tennessee variety. Its exact origin was unknown. Reports first traced it to the orchard of E. B. Jordan near Rochester, Minnesota. Accounts left open whether it was a renamed Russian variety, a seedling, or a tree from top grafts of varieties Jordan had obtained from Illinois. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized, regular, and oblate to very oblate. The skin is greenish yellow and mostly covered with mixed red, dark crimson splashes, and stripes. Its appearance was compared to a highly colored Oldenburg. The entry also notes russet near the base, distinct gray dots, a wide regular cavity with light yellow russet, and a wide shallow basin. [S1]
The flesh is white, juicy, sprightly subacid, and rated good. Hansen lists it as a culinary apple, with a season from August to September. Another market note says it was later than Duchess but close enough in season and appearance to be sold as Duchess. [S1]
The surviving description gives more detail on the fruit than on the tree. The core is closed, small, clasping, and sessile, with axile cells, a funnel-shaped tube, and very large, flat seeds. The provided source gives no direct observations on disease, productivity, bearing, or pruning for Minnesota Gilbert. [S1]
No hardiness zone is stated. Its Pomologica value comes from its Minnesota origin, its recommendation by the Minnesota horticultural society, and its inclusion in a South Dakota bulletin on apples for northwestern conditions. [S1]
Its parentage is unresolved. The source names no parents. It records only competing origin explanations: possibly Russian, possibly a seedling, or possibly tied to top-grafted material in Jordan's orchard near Rochester. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Origin not definitely known; correspondents agreed it first came to notice in the orchard of the late E. B. Jordan near Rochester, Minnesota.”
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“Flesh white, juicy, sprightly subacid, good.”
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“Recommended for trial by the Minnesota horticultural society under the name Gilbert, later modified to Minnesota Gilbert because Gilbert was already occupied by a Tennessee variety.”
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“Mr. Wedge wrote that its origin was not positively known and that it might have been a Russian variety or a seedling; its season was later than Duchess and near enough like it to sell for it in the market.”
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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 | 11 | 0 | 0 | p75 p143 | Minnesota Gilbert is described with very large, flat seeds.; Core closed, small, clasping, sessile; cells axile, round, slit; tube funnel-shaped; seeds very large, flat.; Multiple correspondents report it first noticed n |
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| 14 | p143 | description_snippet | Minnesota Gilbert is described with very large, flat seeds. | Season summer to early winter; Seeds very large, flat ... Minnesota Gilbert | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | description_snippet | Core closed, small, clasping, sessile; cells axile, round, slit; tube funnel-shaped; seeds very large, flat. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | anecdote_snippet | Multiple correspondents report it first noticed near Rochester, Minnesota; accounts suggest it may have appeared as a top-grafted tree, with possible Russian or seedling origin. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | entry_pedigree | Origin not definitely known; possibly from a Russian renamed variety. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | storage_duration | Season August to September. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | culinary_use | Marked as use for culinary purposes. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | flavor_profile | Flesh white, juicy, sprightly subacid. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | fruit_color | Surface greenish yellow, mostly covered with mixed red, with dark crimson splashes and stripes, like a highly colored Oldenburg; russeting around the base. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | fruit_size | Fruit medium, regular, oblate to very oblate. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | recommendation_context | Recommended for trial by the Minnesota horticultural society, but renamed from Gilbert due prior use of that name. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p75 | entry_location | From Minnesota. | Minnesota Gilbert—From Minnesota, recommended for trial by the horticultural society of that state under the name of Gilbert, but as this name has long been occupied by a Tennesse variety the name is modified as above—Fr | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Minnesota Gilbert is described with very large, flat seeds. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Core closed, small, clasping, sessile; cells axile, round, slit; tube funnel-shaped; seeds very large, flat. | 0.95 |
| anecdote_snippet | Multiple correspondents report it first noticed near Rochester, Minnesota; accounts suggest it may have appeared as a top-grafted tree, with possible Russian or seedling origin. | 0.82 |
| entry_pedigree | Origin not definitely known; possibly from a Russian renamed variety. | 0.78 |
| storage_duration | Season August to September. | 0.94 |
| culinary_use | Marked as use for culinary purposes. | 0.96 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh white, juicy, sprightly subacid. | 0.95 |
| fruit_color | Surface greenish yellow, mostly covered with mixed red, with dark crimson splashes and stripes, like a highly colored Oldenburg; russeting around the base. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit medium, regular, oblate to very oblate. | 0.98 |
| recommendation_context | Recommended for trial by the Minnesota horticultural society, but renamed from Gilbert due prior use of that name. | 0.97 |
| entry_location | From Minnesota. | 0.99 |
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