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Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 7 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Assiniboin is a named native plum selection from Manitoba material. A 1921 South Dakota State College horticulture catalog introduced it under “Pure Native Manitoba Plums,” with another selection named Winnipeg. The catalog says both were selected from seed of Manitoba wild plum received years earlier from near Stonewall, north of Winnipeg. [S1]
The catalog gives little fruit description for Assiniboin. Its main identity is as one of two selected native plums from Manitoba wild plum seed, preserved by name in N. E. Hansen's fruit breeding and nursery work at Brookings, South Dakota. [S1]
Assiniboin was offered with Winnipeg as nursery stock at $1.00 each. A few one year old trees were available on native plum roots. The variety was also listed among plums available one year budded on sand cherry stocks. The same page says sand cherry roots dwarf plum trees, encourage early bearing, and are useful for tubs, crossing work, or amateur dwarf orchards. [S1]
The best hardiness evidence is geographic and observational, not a formal zone rating. The catalog places Assiniboin among “Pure Native Manitoba Plums” and says these Manitoba selections had done well, especially far north in Canada. This supports Assiniboin as a northern prairie plum selection, but the source gives no numbered hardiness zone. [S1]
No parentage is given beyond Manitoba wild plum seed. The packet does not identify the exact species, fruit color, flavor, ripening season, storage behavior, disease traits, or later breeding use for Assiniboin. [S1]
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Plant Introductions, with 3 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“The selection work with the Manitoba native plum is said to have culminated in Assiniboin and Winnipeg.”
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“Grown from native pits received from Manitoba.”
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“Reference points to Bulletin 224, page 20.”
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“Avery early variety.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 104 | Northern novelties for 1921 : some new fruits, ornamentals, etc. | unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | p3 | Also listed among varieties available one-year budded on sand cherry stocks.; Priced at $1.00 each with Winnipeg.; A few trees were offered one year old on native plum roots.; These have done well, especially far north i |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 104 | p3 | rootstock_compatibility | Also listed among varieties available one-year budded on sand cherry stocks. | Iselected two of the best and named them Winnipeg and Assiniboin. | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p3 | description_snippet | Priced at $1.00 each with Winnipeg. | Iselected two of the best and named them Winnipeg and Assiniboin. | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p3 | rootstock_compatibility | Afew trees were offered one year old on native plum roots. | Iselected two of the best and named them Winnipeg and Assiniboin. | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p3 | entry_hardiness_observation | These have done well, especially far north in Canada. | Iselected two of the best and named them Winnipeg and Assiniboin. | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p3 | description_snippet | One of two selected native plums named from Manitoba material. | Iselected two of the best and named them Winnipeg and Assiniboin. | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p3 | entry_location | Presented under the heading Pure Native Manitoba Plums. | Iselected two of the best and named them Winnipeg and Assiniboin. | page_block:0.90 |
| 104 | p3 | selection_origin_reference | Selected from seed of the Manitoba wild plum received many years ago from near Stonewall, north of Winnipeg. | Iselected two of the best and named them Winnipeg and Assiniboin. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| rootstock_compatibility | Also listed among varieties available one-year budded on sand cherry stocks. | 0.91 |
| description_snippet | Priced at $1.00 each with Winnipeg. | 0.92 |
| rootstock_compatibility | A few trees were offered one year old on native plum roots. | 0.94 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | These have done well, especially far north in Canada. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | One of two selected native plums named from Manitoba material. | 0.95 |
| entry_location | Presented under the heading Pure Native Manitoba Plums. | 0.97 |
| selection_origin_reference | Selected from seed of the Manitoba wild plum received many years ago from near Stonewall, north of Winnipeg. | 0.95 |
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