Taxon ID: 3
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=yes
Relationships: 2 | Linked Entities (visible): 2 | Evidence claims: 4 | History events: 1 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Apple is a Japanese plum cultivar, not an apple in the modern Malus sense. The bulletin calls it a large Japanese variety that originated with Luther Burbank in California. In this source, it appears as breeding stock rather than as a stand alone fruit description. [S1]
In the South Dakota bulletin, Apple is repeatedly named as the female parent of later introductions, including Tawena, Kahinta, and Waneta. This places it in the early prairie era plum breeding stream that used named Japanese plums to develop new hybrids for northern conditions. [S1]
This source does not give a full cultivar profile for Apple itself. It does not give a direct fruit description beyond calling it large, and it gives no ripening season, storage, tree habit, or hardiness statement for Apple on these pages. [S1]
Its main importance here is historical and genetic. Apple is behind several named hybrids in the Hansen introduction record, which suggests it was valued as a useful parent in plum improvement work tied to the northern Great Plains. [S1]
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Plant Introductions, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
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“The Apple plum is described as a Japanese variety originated by Luther Burbank of California.”
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“Named as a parent of Tawena.”
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“Apple is identified as possible in northern Manitoba but difficult to produce fruit every year.”
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“Included in adaptive list as a more limited option than hardier alternatives.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 11 | Northern Plant Novelties for 1944 | unknown | 4 | 2 | 1 | n/a | A high quality eating apple; flesh tender, juicy, cook~ up quickly into excellent sauce , season l~te full.; apple x Morcer wild crab pollen; Jonathan apple x Irkutsk; Beautiful Arcade apple x Fluke No |
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| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
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| offered_by_candidate_nursery | nursery | 13 | Hansen Foundation Orchard |
| cross_parent | cultivar | 200 | Morcer Wild Crab Pollen |
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | A high quality eating apple; flesh tender, juicy, cook~ up quickly into excellent sauce , season l~te full. | 0.54 |
| breeding_cross | apple x Morcer wild crab pollen | 0.65 |
| breeding_cross | Jonathan apple x Irkutsk | 0.65 |
| breeding_cross | Beautiful Arcade apple x Fluke No | 0.65 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
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| 156 | cross_event | 1944 | apple x Morcer wild crab pollen |