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Tolman Sweet is an old apple cultivar from Rhode Island. In this South Dakota bulletin, it is described as one of the hardiest old eastern apples for the western prairie region. The tree is vigorous, upright, spreading, and very productive. The fruit is medium to somewhat above medium in size, nearly globular, and valued for its rich sweet flesh rather than a sharp dessert flavor. [S1]
The fruit is whitish yellow and may show a faint blush on the sunny side. The flesh is white, firm, moderately juicy, fine grained, rich, and sweet. The bulletin also notes a dark line or pin scratch running from stem to calyx on many fruits, along with small gray dots and detailed basin, cavity, and core characters typical of older pomological descriptions. [S1]
Tree habit is a major part of its identity. Tolman Sweet is described as vigorous, upright, spreading, and very productive. This helps explain its long reputation as a dependable old orchard apple. The strongest hardiness statement in the supplied sources is regional, not zonal: it is called one of the hardiest old eastern apples in the western prairie region. [S1]
The supplied source does not give a release year, breeder, or direct parentage. It does place Tolman Sweet among established older apples important enough to be described in detail and later classified again in the bulletin as a medium, nearly globular, sweet fleshed apple. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Origin, Rhode Island.”
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“Cavity rather wide, obtuse, medium deep, regular; stem long, slender; basin small, shallow, wrinkled, leather-cracked.”
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“Usually a distinct dark line or pin scratch runs from stem to calyx.”
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“Dots few, gray, minute, rather obscure, some with whitish bases.”
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p107 p140 | Flesh indicated as sweet.; Fruit noted as medium or above with near-gobular form.; Flesh white, firm, moderately juicy, fine grained, rich, sweet.; Surface whitish yellow, often with faint blush on sunny side, usually wi |
| 12 | Northern Plant Novelties for 1945 | unknown | 2 | 1 | 1 | n/a | Pedigree: Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple pollen.; Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet; relationship: cross_parent; history: Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | p140 | flavor_profile | Flesh indicated as sweet. | Medium or above, nearly gobular: flesh sweet ... Tolman Sweet | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p140 | fruit_size | Fruit noted as medium or above with near-gobular form. | Medium or above, nearly gobular: flesh sweet ... Tolman Sweet | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p107 | flavor_profile | Flesh white, firm, moderately juicy, fine grained, rich, sweet. | Tolman Sweet ( Tallman Sweet )—Origin, Rhode Island; tree vigorous; upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region - Fruit medium or above, nearly globula | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p107 | fruit_color | Surface whitish yellow, often with faint blush on sunny side, usually with a distinct dark line or pin-scratch line from stem to calyx. | Tolman Sweet ( Tallman Sweet )—Origin, Rhode Island; tree vigorous; upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region - Fruit medium or above, nearly globula | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p107 | fruit_size | Fruit medium or above, nearly globular. | Tolman Sweet ( Tallman Sweet )—Origin, Rhode Island; tree vigorous; upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region - Fruit medium or above, nearly globula | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p107 | productivity | Very productive. | Tolman Sweet ( Tallman Sweet )—Origin, Rhode Island; tree vigorous; upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region - Fruit medium or above, nearly globula | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p107 | entry_hardiness_observation | One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region. | Tolman Sweet ( Tallman Sweet )—Origin, Rhode Island; tree vigorous; upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region - Fruit medium or above, nearly globula | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p107 | growth_habit | Tree vigorous, upright, spreading. | Tolman Sweet ( Tallman Sweet )—Origin, Rhode Island; tree vigorous; upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region - Fruit medium or above, nearly globula | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p107 | selection_origin_reference | Origin, Rhode Island; also listed with synonym Tallman Sweet. | Tolman Sweet ( Tallman Sweet )—Origin, Rhode Island; tree vigorous; upright, spreading, very productive. One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region - Fruit medium or above, nearly globula | page_block:0.90 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
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| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
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| cross_parent | cultivar | 30 | Mercer Wild Crab |
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| flavor_profile | Flesh indicated as sweet. | 0.88 |
| fruit_size | Fruit noted as medium or above with near-gobular form. | 0.86 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh white, firm, moderately juicy, fine grained, rich, sweet. | 0.93 |
| fruit_color | Surface whitish yellow, often with faint blush on sunny side, usually with a distinct dark line or pin-scratch line from stem to calyx. | 0.93 |
| fruit_size | Fruit medium or above, nearly globular. | 0.96 |
| productivity | Very productive. | 0.95 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | One of the hardiest of the old eastern apples in the western prairie region. | 0.90 |
| growth_habit | Tree vigorous, upright, spreading. | 0.95 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin, Rhode Island; also listed with synonym Tallman Sweet. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Pedigree: Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple pollen. | 0.54 |
| breeding_cross | Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet | 0.65 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | cross_event | 1945 | Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet |