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Perkins No. 78 is a numbered apple selection from the Perkins series. N. E. Hansen described it in the 1902 South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples [S1]. The source groups Perkins No. 78 with Perkins Nos. 32 and 46. F. I. Perkins of Red Wing, Minnesota, raised these selections from Malinda seed [S1].
The fruit was large to very large, regular, roundish oblong, and slightly conic [S1]. Hansen described the skin as polished waxen yellow, almost entirely covered with brilliant dark red and darker crimson splashes and stripes. He called it a showy apple [S1]. The dots were obscure, very small, numerous, and whitish [S1].
The flesh was white and faintly stained near the skin [S1]. It was juicy, tender, sprightly acid, and good [S1]. The entry says it ripened earlier than Wealthy, giving its season by comparison rather than by calendar date [S1].
The source gives detailed internal fruit traits: a narrow, deep, acuminate cavity with stellate russet; a shallow, wrinkled, regular basin; a closed calyx with connivent segments; a half-open clasping core; ovate, roomy cells; a conical tube; median stamens; and twelve plump seeds [S1]. A later classification table also lists Perkins No. 78 among striped apples and repeats the ovate, roomy cells and connivent segments [S1].
No direct cold hardiness zone is given for Perkins No. 78. Its northern fruit history relevance comes from its place in Hansen's northwestern apple bulletin and its origin as a Minnesota Malinda seedling. The packet does not support a precise hardiness claim [S1].
Perkins No. 78 belongs to the cultivated apple group, Malus. The bulletin lists it as one of several Perkins numbered seedlings from Malinda seed [S1]. The source also says about 200 Malinda seedlings were coming into bearing and were first exhibited at the Minnesota State Fair in September 1902. This gives the Perkins selections a specific early twentieth century Minnesota breeding context [S1].
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Origin, see Perkins No. 32.”
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“Cavity narrow, acuminate, deep, with patch of stellate russet; stem long.”
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“Basin shallow, wrinkled, regular; calyx closed, segments connivent.”
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“Fruit very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic.”
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p84 p85 p142 | Cells described as ovate and roomy; segments connivent.; This entry appears as part of Hansen’s cultivar list in Bulletin 76 rather than a separate taxonomic treatise format.; The preceding page text indicates the Perkin |
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| 14 | p142 | description_snippet | Cells described as ovate and roomy; segments connivent. | Cells ovate, roomy; segments connivent ... Perkins No. 78 | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p85 | source_reference_abbreviation | This entry appears as part of Hansen’s cultivar list in Bulletin 76 rather than a separate taxonomic treatise format. | Perkins No. 78. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p85 | selection_origin_reference | The preceding page text indicates the Perkins series (including No. 78) were originated by F. I. Perkins in Minnesota from seed of Malinda. | Perkins No. 78. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p85 | entry_pedigree | Perkins No. 78 is part of the Perkins-numbered set associated with F. I. Perkins-origin seedlings noted on the previous page in this run. | Perkins No. 78. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p84 | entry_hardiness_observation | Noted as "Earlier than Wealthy" in ripening/seasonal comparison context. | Perkins No. 78-Origin, see Perkins No. 32-Fruit large to very large, very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic; surface polished, waxen yellow, almost wholly covered with brilliant dark red with darker crimson splash | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p84 | flavor_profile | Flesh white, faintly stained near skin, juicy, tender, sprightly acid, good. | Perkins No. 78-Origin, see Perkins No. 32-Fruit large to very large, very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic; surface polished, waxen yellow, almost wholly covered with brilliant dark red with darker crimson splash | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p84 | fruit_color | Fruit surface polished waxen yellow, nearly wholly covered with brilliant dark red plus darker crimson splashes and stripes; dots very minute, many, whitish and obscure. | Perkins No. 78-Origin, see Perkins No. 32-Fruit large to very large, very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic; surface polished, waxen yellow, almost wholly covered with brilliant dark red with darker crimson splash | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p84 | fruit_size | Fruit described as large to very large and very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic. | Perkins No. 78-Origin, see Perkins No. 32-Fruit large to very large, very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic; surface polished, waxen yellow, almost wholly covered with brilliant dark red with darker crimson splash | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p84 | selection_origin_reference | Origin follows Perkins No. 32 notation: same Perkins origin and Malinda seed background. | Perkins No. 78-Origin, see Perkins No. 32-Fruit large to very large, very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic; surface polished, waxen yellow, almost wholly covered with brilliant dark red with darker crimson splash | page_block:0.90 |
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| description_snippet | Cells described as ovate and roomy; segments connivent. | 0.95 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | This entry appears as part of Hansen’s cultivar list in Bulletin 76 rather than a separate taxonomic treatise format. | 0.71 |
| selection_origin_reference | The preceding page text indicates the Perkins series (including No. 78) were originated by F. I. Perkins in Minnesota from seed of Malinda. | 0.56 |
| entry_pedigree | Perkins No. 78 is part of the Perkins-numbered set associated with F. I. Perkins-origin seedlings noted on the previous page in this run. | 0.58 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Noted as "Earlier than Wealthy" in ripening/seasonal comparison context. | 0.88 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh white, faintly stained near skin, juicy, tender, sprightly acid, good. | 0.95 |
| fruit_color | Fruit surface polished waxen yellow, nearly wholly covered with brilliant dark red plus darker crimson splashes and stripes; dots very minute, many, whitish and obscure. | 0.93 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as large to very large and very regular, roundish oblong, slightly conic. | 0.97 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin follows Perkins No. 32 notation: same Perkins origin and Malinda seed background. | 0.90 |
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