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: 12 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: productivity:2, recommendation_context:2, taxon_context:2, caption_context:1, description_snippet:1, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Mastodon is listed as an ever bearing strawberry in South Dakota Fruit Garden guidance. It appears with Gem, Progressive, Wayzata, and Dry Weather in the recommended ever bearing group [S1] [S2]. The surviving evidence is brief, but it places Mastodon in a practical cold climate planting context, not just as a catalog name. It was included in an extension circular for home fruit growers in South Dakota [S1] [S2].
These sources give no parentage, breeder, origin date, or fruit description. The record supports a simple identification: Mastodon was recognized as an ever bearing strawberry variety in mid century South Dakota extension recommendations [S1] [S2].
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Included among the ever-bearing varieties.”
— [4]
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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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| 105 | Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937 | unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | p16 | The most satisfactory and dependable of the older sorts.; Plants are prolific if soil and conditions are good.; Good quality.; Berries are bright red. |
| 139 | Planting time, 1950 / Alpha Nursery | unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | p6 | Illustrated strawberry figure captioned Mastodon.; Described as the newest and best everbearer on the market today; supply limited and order early.; Catalog states plants set in April had ripe berries July 11, and produc |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | p6 | caption_context | Illustrated strawberry figure captioned Mastodon. | MASTODON—The elephant of strawberries, and bears lots of big berries from summer until frost. | page_block:0.90 |
| 139 | p6 | recommendation_context | Described as the newest and best everbearer on the market today; supply limited and order early. | MASTODON—The elephant of strawberries, and bears lots of big berries from summer until frost. | page_block:0.90 |
| 139 | p6 | productivity | Catalog states plants set in April had ripe berries July 11, and production continued in August and September. | MASTODON—The elephant of strawberries, and bears lots of big berries from summer until frost. | page_block:0.90 |
| 139 | p6 | fruit_size | Described as bearing lots of big berries. | MASTODON—The elephant of strawberries, and bears lots of big berries from summer until frost. | page_block:0.90 |
| 139 | p6 | taxon_context | Listed in the Everbearing Strawberry subsection. | MASTODON—The elephant of strawberries, and bears lots of big berries from summer until frost. | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p16 | recommendation_context | The most satisfactory and dependable of the older sorts. | Mastodon is the largest of the old everbearing Strawberries. | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p16 | productivity | Plants are prolific if soil and conditions are good. | Mastodon is the largest of the old everbearing Strawberries. | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p16 | flavor_profile | Good quality. | Mastodon is the largest of the old everbearing Strawberries. | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p16 | fruit_color | Berries are bright red. | Mastodon is the largest of the old everbearing Strawberries. | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p16 | description_snippet | The largest of the old everbearing strawberries. | Mastodon is the largest of the old everbearing Strawberries. | 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": "Ma | 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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| caption_context | Illustrated strawberry figure captioned Mastodon. | 0.96 |
| recommendation_context | Described as the newest and best everbearer on the market today; supply limited and order early. | 0.88 |
| productivity | Catalog states plants set in April had ripe berries July 11, and production continued in August and September. | 0.85 |
| fruit_size | Described as bearing lots of big berries. | 0.94 |
| taxon_context | Listed in the Everbearing Strawberry subsection. | 0.96 |
| recommendation_context | The most satisfactory and dependable of the older sorts. | 0.91 |
| productivity | Plants are prolific if soil and conditions are good. | 0.92 |
| flavor_profile | Good quality. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Berries are bright red. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | The largest of the old everbearing strawberries. | 0.97 |
| 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": "Mastodon", "evidence_snippet": "Ever-beari | 0.94 |
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