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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 7 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Norway Spruce is listed as a spruce and evergreen nursery plant, not as a fruit cultivar. Daniels Nursery called it one of the hardiest and thriftiest evergreens, with heavy masses of deep green foliage and unusually fast growth for an evergreen [S2].
The two nursery sources give very different regional advice. Northwest Nursery said Norway Spruce thrives in the Red River Valley, but would not succeed elsewhere in North Dakota. It warned that fall and winter winds turn it brown and did not recommend it for prairie planters [S1]. Daniels, writing from a northern nursery context in 1950, described it more favorably as hardy, thrifty, and fast growing [S2].
These sources describe ornamental and shelter planting value, not food production. The strongest description is of a vigorous spruce with dense, deep green foliage [S2]. The available records give no fruit, cones, edible use, cultivar origin, breeder, parentage, release date, or selection history.
For Pomologica, treat this entry as a named nursery evergreen from catalog evidence, with one clear caution: suitability depends strongly on local prairie exposure. The Red River Valley recommendation does not extend to the wider North Dakota prairie in the Northwest Nursery account [S1].
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Nursery Plants Available from South Dakota Nurseries, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
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“Listed as available from nurseries 21 and 32.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 106 | Daniels planting guide, 1950 | unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | p16 | For quick growth there is probably no evergreen equal to it.; Has heavy masses of deep green foliage.; Described as one of the hardiest and thriftiest evergreens.; Listed under The Spruces. |
| 103 | PERENNIALS - The Northwest Nursery Co. | unknown | 3 | 0 | 0 | p9 | The nursery does not recommend it to prairie planters.; The fall and winter winds cause it to turn brown.; Thrives in the Red River Valley but will not succeed in other parts of the State. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 106 | p16 | growth_habit | For quick growth there is probably no evergreen equal to it. | NORWAY SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and thriftiest of the evergreens. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | description_snippet | Has heavy masses of deep green foliage. | NORWAY SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and thriftiest of the evergreens. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | entry_hardiness_observation | Described as one of the hardiest and thriftiest evergreens. | NORWAY SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and thriftiest of the evergreens. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p16 | taxon_context | Listed under The Spruces. | NORWAY SPRUCE—One of the hardiest and thriftiest of the evergreens. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | recommendation_context | The nursery does not recommend it to prairie planters. | NORWAY SPRUCE-This well-known spruce thrives in the Red River Valley but will not succeed in other parts of the State. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | entry_hardiness_observation | The fall and winter winds cause it to turn brown. | NORWAY SPRUCE-This well-known spruce thrives in the Red River Valley but will not succeed in other parts of the State. | page_block:0.90 |
| 103 | p9 | recommendation_context | Thrives in the Red River Valley but will not succeed in other parts of the State. | NORWAY SPRUCE-This well-known spruce thrives in the Red River Valley but will not succeed in other parts of the State. | page_block:0.90 |
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| growth_habit | For quick growth there is probably no evergreen equal to it. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Has heavy masses of deep green foliage. | 0.93 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Described as one of the hardiest and thriftiest evergreens. | 0.96 |
| taxon_context | Listed under The Spruces. | 0.98 |
| recommendation_context | The nursery does not recommend it to prairie planters. | 0.96 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | The fall and winter winds cause it to turn brown. | 0.94 |
| recommendation_context | Thrives in the Red River Valley but will not succeed in other parts of the State. | 0.95 |
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