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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Safstaholm is a Swedish apple described in N. E. Hansen's 1902 bulletin A Study of Northwestern Apples. The entry describes it as hardy and includes specimens from F. J. Peterson of Waconia, Minnesota, in the bulletin's northwestern apple collection [S1]. No breeder, parentage, or release date is given [S1].
The fruit is medium sized, roundish, and somewhat conical [S1]. The skin is greenish white with red stripes, placing it among the bulletin's striped apples [S1]. The flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, and rated good. Another table notes white flesh stained red near the skin [S1]. The cavity is shallow and obtuse, the stem is about one half inch long, and the basin is nearly flat [S1].
Safstaholm is listed as a fall apple in the class table, while the cultivar entry says it ripens two weeks earlier than Duchess [S1]. The packet gives no storage duration or specific culinary use. Its flavor description suggests it was valued as an eating apple, not only as an ornamental or identification specimen [S1].
The strongest hardiness statement is the quoted note, "A good hardy tree," attached to its Swedish origin and Minnesota specimen source [S1]. The source gives no hardiness zone or winter survival temperature. Its cold climate significance rests on Hansen's northwestern apple context and the explicit hardy tree remark [S1].
No direct parentage, sibling group, descendants, or taxonomic details beyond apple are provided. The bulletin identifies it by origin, fruit traits, season, and class placement, not by breeding history [S1].
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
Featured source descriptions
“Origin is listed as Sweden.”
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“Cavity shallow obtuse; stem one-half inch long; basin nearly flat.”
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“Listed as early, with basin nearly flat.”
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“Flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, and good.”
— [1]
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Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
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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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | p97 p141 | Season indicated as fall.; Flesh reported as white with red staining next to the skin.; Cavity shallow obtuse; stem one-half inch long; basin nearly flat.; Harvest is noted as two weeks earlier than Duchess. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 14 | p141 | description_snippet | Season indicated as fall. | Season fall; flesh white, stained red next the skin. Safstaholm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p141 | fruit_color | Flesh reported as white with red staining next to the skin. | Season fall; flesh white, stained red next the skin. Safstaholm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | description_snippet | Cavity shallow obtuse; stem one-half inch long; basin nearly flat. | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | recommendation_context | Harvest is noted as two weeks earlier than Duchess. | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | flavor_profile | Flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, and good. | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | fruit_color | Surface greenish white with red stripes. | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | fruit_size | Fruit is medium, roundish, and somewhat conical. | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | anecdote_snippet | Quoted note: “Agood hardy tree.” | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | breeder_reference | Specimens noted from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota. | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p97 | selection_origin_reference | Origin is listed as Sweden. | Safstaholm—Origin, Sweden—‘Agood hardy tree.’ Specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota—Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical; ... Flesh white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, good. Two weeks earlier than Duches | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Season indicated as fall. | 0.87 |
| fruit_color | Flesh reported as white with red staining next to the skin. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Cavity shallow obtuse; stem one-half inch long; basin nearly flat. | 0.91 |
| recommendation_context | Harvest is noted as two weeks earlier than Duchess. | 0.90 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is white, juicy, fine grained, subacid, and good. | 0.93 |
| fruit_color | Surface greenish white with red stripes. | 0.94 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is medium, roundish, and somewhat conical. | 0.98 |
| anecdote_snippet | Quoted note: “A good hardy tree.” | 0.97 |
| breeder_reference | Specimens noted from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota. | 0.95 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin is listed as Sweden. | 0.99 |
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