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Oxford Orange is a historical apple cultivar recorded in N. E. Hansen's 1902 bulletin, A Study of Northwestern Apples. Hansen describes specimens received from the originator, Wm. Oxford of Minnesota, and lists it as a named apple in a northern cultivar catalog. The recorded place has variant OCR readings, including Freeburg, Frederburg, and Fredberg, Minnesota. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized, regular, and roundish oval. The skin is smooth and polished, clear yellow with a faint blush, minute obscure dots, and some larger white areolar dots. The flesh is white, firm, fine grained, mild, pleasant, rich subacid, and rated very good. [S1]
Hansen gives Oxford Orange a detailed pomological description: a deep, narrow, funnel shaped cavity; short stem; narrow, abrupt, finely wrinkled basin; closed calyx with connivent segments; open core; obovate slit cells; funnel shaped or conical tube; basal or marginal stamens; and many short, plump seeds. [S1]
The season is listed as winter, placing Oxford Orange among late keeping apples in the bulletin's classification material. A later classification page also lists it with white, whitish, or greenish white flesh and repeats the deep, narrow, funnel shaped cavity with obovate cells. [S1]
The available evidence gives no direct parentage, release date, tree habit, disease notes, or explicit hardiness zone. Its cold climate relevance comes from its inclusion in a South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin on northwestern apples and from its Minnesota origin note, not from a stated zone rating. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Specimens were obtained from the originator, Wm. Oxford, of Freeburg, Minnesota.”
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“Cavity deep, narrow, funnel-shaped, with stem completely filling the tube of funnel; stem short; basin narrow, abrupt, finely wrinkled, rather shallow; calyx closed, segments connivent.”
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“Core open, meeting; cells obovate, slit; tube funnel-shaped or conical; stamens basal or marginal; seeds many, short, plump.”
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“Cavity deep, narrow, funnel-shaped; cells obovate.”
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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 | 16 | 0 | 0 | p81 p82 p140 | Cavity described as deep, narrow, and funnel-shaped with obovate cells.; Flesh color indicated as white, whitish, or greenish white.; The entry uses standardized descriptors including cavity, stem, basin, calyx, core, tu |
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| 14 | p140 | description_snippet | Cavity described as deep, narrow, and funnel-shaped with obovate cells. | F'leelz white, whitish or greenish white; Cavity deep, narrow, funnel-shaped ; cells obovate ... Oxford Orange | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p140 | fruit_color | Flesh color indicated as white, whitish, or greenish white. | F'leelz white, whitish or greenish white; Cavity deep, narrow, funnel-shaped ; cells obovate ... Oxford Orange | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p82 | description_snippet | The entry uses standardized descriptors including cavity, stem, basin, calyx, core, tube, stamens, and seeds in the page’s cultivar description format. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Freder- burg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval ; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ; dots minute, suffused, obscure, some la | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p82 | storage_duration | Storage season indicated as winter. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Freder- burg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval ; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ; dots minute, suffused, obscure, some la | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p82 | flavor_profile | Flesh described as white, firm, fine grained, mild, pleasant, rich subacid, and very good. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Freder- burg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval ; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ; dots minute, suffused, obscure, some la | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p82 | fruit_color | Surface is smooth and polished, clear yellow with faint blush; dots minute and suffused/obscure with some large white areolar dots. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Freder- burg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval ; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ; dots minute, suffused, obscure, some la | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p82 | fruit_size | Fruit described as medium and regular/roundish-oval. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Freder- burg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval ; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ; dots minute, suffused, obscure, some la | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p82 | entry_location | Origin note identifies Wm. Oxford, Frederburg, Minnesota. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Freder- burg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval ; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ; dots minute, suffused, obscure, some la | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p82 | selection_origin_reference | Cultivar is based on specimens from the originator Wm. Oxford of Frederickburg, Minnesota. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Freder- burg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval ; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ; dots minute, suffused, obscure, some la | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p81 | entry_location | Minnesota origin context tied to Wm. Oxford. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Fredberg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ... core open, meeting; ... flesh white, firm, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p81 | description_snippet | Entry includes stem short, funnel-shaped cavity profile, closed calyx with connivent segments, obovate slitted cells, and seeds many, short, plump. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Fredberg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ... core open, meeting; ... flesh white, firm, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p81 | storage_duration | Noted as good for winter. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Fredberg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ... core open, meeting; ... flesh white, firm, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p81 | flavor_profile | Mild, pleasant, rich subacid flavor with firm fine-grained flesh. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Fredberg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ... core open, meeting; ... flesh white, firm, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p81 | fruit_color | Fruit described as clear yellow with faint blush; dots minute and sometimes white areolar. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Fredberg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ... core open, meeting; ... flesh white, firm, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p81 | fruit_size | Fruit size described as medium. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Fredberg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ... core open, meeting; ... flesh white, firm, | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p81 | breeder_reference | Specimens from the originator are attributed to Wm. Oxford, Frederburg, Minnesota. | Oxford Orange-Specimens from the originator, Wm. Oxford, Fredberg, Minnesota-Fruit medium, regular, roundish oval; surface smooth, polished, a clear yellow, with faint blush ... core open, meeting; ... flesh white, firm, | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Cavity described as deep, narrow, and funnel-shaped with obovate cells. | 0.86 |
| fruit_color | Flesh color indicated as white, whitish, or greenish white. | 0.84 |
| description_snippet | The entry uses standardized descriptors including cavity, stem, basin, calyx, core, tube, stamens, and seeds in the page’s cultivar description format. | 0.90 |
| storage_duration | Storage season indicated as winter. | 0.88 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh described as white, firm, fine grained, mild, pleasant, rich subacid, and very good. | 0.94 |
| fruit_color | Surface is smooth and polished, clear yellow with faint blush; dots minute and suffused/obscure with some large white areolar dots. | 0.92 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as medium and regular/roundish-oval. | 0.93 |
| entry_location | Origin note identifies Wm. Oxford, Frederburg, Minnesota. | 0.94 |
| selection_origin_reference | Cultivar is based on specimens from the originator Wm. Oxford of Frederickburg, Minnesota. | 0.96 |
| entry_location | Minnesota origin context tied to Wm. Oxford. | 0.86 |
| description_snippet | Entry includes stem short, funnel-shaped cavity profile, closed calyx with connivent segments, obovate slitted cells, and seeds many, short, plump. | 0.90 |
| storage_duration | Noted as good for winter. | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | Mild, pleasant, rich subacid flavor with firm fine-grained flesh. | 0.96 |
| fruit_color | Fruit described as clear yellow with faint blush; dots minute and sometimes white areolar. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit size described as medium. | 0.97 |
| breeder_reference | Specimens from the originator are attributed to Wm. Oxford, Frederburg, Minnesota. | 0.97 |
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