Taxon ID: 12
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 9 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: description_snippet:1, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, growth_habit:1, productivity:1, recommendation_context:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Gem is an ever-bearing strawberry listed among hardy home garden varieties recommended for South Dakota conditions. [S1] [S2] In Saskatchewan material, it also appears as an established named variety and as the parent of Superfection, an open-pollinated seedling described as essentially identical to Gem. [S4]
The sources in this packet say little about Gem's breeder, origin, or fruit details. They do not support a description of berry size, color, flavor, season beyond its ever-bearing habit, or plant habit. The sources do show Gem's place in northern recommendation literature. Gem was grouped with other repeat-fruiting strawberries for prairie and upper Great Plains gardeners, suggesting it was valued for continued production rather than one short harvest. [S1] [S2]
Hardiness is implied rather than stated directly for Gem itself. The South Dakota circular includes it in a guide to varieties satisfactory under South Dakota conditions, and the Saskatchewan bulletin treats it as part of the named strawberry stock then in circulation on the prairies. [S2] [S4]
One source in the packet uses the name Gem for a different fruit: a Prunus hybrid recorded as an Opata seedling associated with H.R. Hinchliff of Kelfield, Saskatchewan. [S3] That record does not fit the Fragaria context of the other sources and should be treated as a same-name cultivar in another fruit group, not as the strawberry's parentage or origin. [S3]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Daniels planting guide, 1950, with 3 additional supporting sources linked below.
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“Superfection is considered identical to Gem.”
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“Included among the ever-bearing varieties.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 106 | Daniels planting guide, 1950 | unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | p27 | Presented as an ideal all-round berry for the home garden or the commercial grower.; Fruit is slightly tart and of excellent quality.; Fruit described as bright red.; Fruit described as large. |
| 2 | South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11) | public_domain | 2 | 0 | 0 | p2 | Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weather.; {"claims": [{"claim_text": "Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weathe |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 106 | p27 | recommendation_context | Presented as an ideal all-round berry for the home garden or the commercial grower. | GEM-Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | flavor_profile | Fruit is slightly tart and of excellent quality. | GEM-Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | fruit_color | Fruit described as bright red. | GEM-Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | fruit_size | Fruit described as large. | GEM-Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | growth_habit | Agood plant maker and hardy. | GEM-Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | productivity | Highly productive. | GEM-Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | description_snippet | Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | GEM-Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | page_block:0.90 |
| 2 | p2 | taxon_context | Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weather. | Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weather. | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p2 | structured_entry_json | {"claims": [{"claim_text": "Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weather.", "claim_type": "taxon_context"}], "cultivar_name": "Ge | Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weather. | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| recommendation_context | Presented as an ideal all-round berry for the home garden or the commercial grower. | 0.90 |
| flavor_profile | Fruit is slightly tart and of excellent quality. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Fruit described as bright red. | 0.89 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as large. | 0.88 |
| growth_habit | A good plant maker and hardy. | 0.91 |
| productivity | Highly productive. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Probably the most widely used and most generally planted of the older everbearers. | 0.96 |
| taxon_context | Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weather. | 0.93 |
| structured_entry_json | {"claims": [{"claim_text": "Ever-bearing varieties include Gem, Mastodon, Progressive, Wayzata, or Lockhill and Dry Weather.", "claim_type": "taxon_context"}], "cultivar_name": "Gem", "evidence_snippet": "Ever-bearing va | 0.94 |
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