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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Ponderosa Pine is an evergreen nursery entry here, not a fruit cultivar. Northwest Nursery Co. lists it under pines and says it was also called Yellow Pine and Bull Pine. The catalog describes it as native to Western Dakota and Eastern Montana. [S1]
The entry focuses on prairie value, not fruit use. It describes a large, striking tree that covers hills and often reaches forty feet. The catalog says it does especially well in dry soil and needs less moisture than any other evergreen in the nursery's comparison. Once established, it grows rapidly. [S1]
The strongest regional evidence comes from practical nursery observation in North Dakota and nearby dry prairie conditions. The catalog says Ponderosa Pine is not affected by drying winds. It also reports that trees at the experimental farms at Edgeley and Dickinson grew two feet in one season. [S1]
The main handling note is about transplanting. Large trees are hard to move, but seedlings from 6 to 24 inches transplant readily and thrive. The surrounding page gives strict evergreen planting advice: protect roots from sun and air, plant in well prepared cultivated ground, keep soil clean and mellow, avoid manure, and use cultivation instead of watering. [S1]
This entry gives no edible fruit traits, cultivar parentage, breeder, release date, or cold hardiness zone. In this source, Ponderosa Pine is valued as a dryland evergreen for shelter, ornament, and prairie planting, not as a Pomologica fruiting perennial. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Nursery Plants Available from South Dakota Nurseries, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Listed as available from nurseries 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30, and 32.”
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| 103 | PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co. | unknown | 8 | 0 | 0 | p9 | Large sizes are rather hard to transplant, but seedling sizes 6 to 12 inches, 12 to 18 inches, or 18 to 24 inches transplant readily and thrive.; They are not affected by the drying winds.; At the experimental farms at E |
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| 103 | p9 | recommendation_context | Large sizes are rather hard to transplant, but seedling sizes 6 to 12 inches, 12 to 18 inches, or 18 to 24 inches transplant readily and thrive. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | entry_hardiness_observation | They are not affected by the drying winds. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | anecdote_snippet | At the experimental farms at Edgeley and Dickinson these pines have grown two feet in a season. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | growth_habit | When well established it becomes a rapid growing tree. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | recommendation_context | Succeeds especially well on dry soil and thrives with less moisture than any other evergreen. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | growth_habit | Covers the hills with striking big trees, often forty feet in height. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | entry_location | Described as native to Western Dakota and Eastern Montana. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | description_snippet | Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine. | PONDEROSA PINE-(Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine)-This is a native of Western Dakota and Eastern Montana | page_block:0.90 |
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| recommendation_context | Large sizes are rather hard to transplant, but seedling sizes 6 to 12 inches, 12 to 18 inches, or 18 to 24 inches transplant readily and thrive. | 0.90 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | They are not affected by the drying winds. | 0.92 |
| anecdote_snippet | At the experimental farms at Edgeley and Dickinson these pines have grown two feet in a season. | 0.89 |
| growth_habit | When well established it becomes a rapid growing tree. | 0.91 |
| recommendation_context | Succeeds especially well on dry soil and thrives with less moisture than any other evergreen. | 0.92 |
| growth_habit | Covers the hills with striking big trees, often forty feet in height. | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Described as native to Western Dakota and Eastern Montana. | 0.94 |
| description_snippet | Also called Yellow and The Bull Pine. | 0.95 |
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