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Prices Choice is a historical apple cultivar recorded by N. E. Hansen in A Study of Northwestern Apples. Hansen gives its origin as northern Iowa. He describes specimens received from Chas. D. Price of Ruthven, Iowa. The cultivar came from seed sown in fall 1874 by Mrs. J. B. Wilson, also of Ruthven. [S1]
The fruit is large, regular, roundish, somewhat oblate, and truncated. The surface is smooth and clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red, with obscure splashes and stripes. Hansen compares the red covering to Utter. He also notes obscure russet dots and small whitish suffused dots. [S1]
The flesh is white with a trace of red and was rated good. Hansen gives the season as October and November, making it a fall apple in this source. [S1]
Hansen gives a detailed morphological description. The cavity is regular with a trace of russet, the stem is medium, and the basin is narrow, smooth, abrupt, and shallow. The calyx is open, with erect convergent segments. The core is closed, with a distinct greenish yellow outline. The cells are round, axile, and slit. The tube is funnel shaped, the stamens are marginal, and the seeds are large and plump. [S1]
No direct hardiness zone is stated for Prices Choice. Its inclusion in Hansen's northwestern apple bulletin places it in a northern Great Plains evaluation context, but the packet gives no specific winter survival claim. [S1]
No parentage is reported beyond its origin from seed sown in 1874. The packet does not identify parent cultivars, descendants, disease observations, or later breeding use.
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Specimens from Chas. D. Price, Ruthven, Iowa.”
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“Core closed, outline greenish yellow and distinct; cells round, axile, slit; tube funnel-shaped; stamens marginal; seeds large, plump.”
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“Cavity regular with trace of russet; stem medium; basin narrow, smooth, abrupt, shallow; calyx open, segments erect convergent.”
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“Cells round, core outline distinct, greenish yellow.”
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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 | p88 p144 | Greenish-yellow color noted.; Cells are round with core outline distinct; greenish yellow color tone noted.; Core closed; core outline greenish yellow, distinct; cells round, axile, slit; calyx open, segments erect conve |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 14 | p144 | fruit_color | Greenish-yellow color noted. | Cells round, core outline distinct, greenish yellow. Prices Choice. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p144 | description_snippet | Cells are round with core outline distinct; greenish yellow color tone noted. | Cells round, core outline distinct, greenish yellow. Prices Choice. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p88 | description_snippet | Core closed; core outline greenish yellow, distinct; cells round, axile, slit; calyx open, segments erect convergent. | Prices Choice—Origin, northern Iowa—Fruit large; form regular, roundish, somewhat oblate; truncated; surface smooth, clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red (like Utter) and obscure splashes and stripes; dots o | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p88 | entry_location | Specimens stated from Ruthven, Iowa; seedling source linked to Mrs. J. B. Wilson. | Prices Choice—Origin, northern Iowa—Fruit large; form regular, roundish, somewhat oblate; truncated; surface smooth, clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red (like Utter) and obscure splashes and stripes; dots o | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p88 | storage_duration | Season given as October and November. | Prices Choice—Origin, northern Iowa—Fruit large; form regular, roundish, somewhat oblate; truncated; surface smooth, clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red (like Utter) and obscure splashes and stripes; dots o | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p88 | flavor_profile | Flesh white with trace of red; rating marked good. | Prices Choice—Origin, northern Iowa—Fruit large; form regular, roundish, somewhat oblate; truncated; surface smooth, clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red (like Utter) and obscure splashes and stripes; dots o | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p88 | fruit_color | Surface clear yellow with thin dotted red, splashes, and stripes; dots mostly russet or minute whitish suffused. | Prices Choice—Origin, northern Iowa—Fruit large; form regular, roundish, somewhat oblate; truncated; surface smooth, clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red (like Utter) and obscure splashes and stripes; dots o | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p88 | fruit_size | Fruit described as large, regular, roundish, somewhat oblate, and truncated. | Prices Choice—Origin, northern Iowa—Fruit large; form regular, roundish, somewhat oblate; truncated; surface smooth, clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red (like Utter) and obscure splashes and stripes; dots o | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p88 | selection_origin_reference | Origin noted as northern Iowa. | Prices Choice—Origin, northern Iowa—Fruit large; form regular, roundish, somewhat oblate; truncated; surface smooth, clear yellow, mostly covered with thin dotted red (like Utter) and obscure splashes and stripes; dots o | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| fruit_color | Greenish-yellow color noted. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Cells are round with core outline distinct; greenish yellow color tone noted. | 0.94 |
| description_snippet | Core closed; core outline greenish yellow, distinct; cells round, axile, slit; calyx open, segments erect convergent. | 0.93 |
| entry_location | Specimens stated from Ruthven, Iowa; seedling source linked to Mrs. J. B. Wilson. | 0.96 |
| storage_duration | Season given as October and November. | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh white with trace of red; rating marked good. | 0.93 |
| fruit_color | Surface clear yellow with thin dotted red, splashes, and stripes; dots mostly russet or minute whitish suffused. | 0.97 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as large, regular, roundish, somewhat oblate, and truncated. | 0.98 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin noted as northern Iowa. | 0.99 |
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