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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: 10 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, productivity:1, source_reference_abbreviation:1, tree_form:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Tait is a hardy pear cultivar from Ontario. A 1937 northern nursery source calls it “perhaps the hardiest of all pears” and says it originated in Ontario, Canada. The same source attributes a severe winter survival claim to the originator, Mr. Tait, who said it had endured 40 degrees below zero. [S1]
The fruit is medium sized and yellow, with good quality. The source does not give a ripening season, storage behavior, flesh description, or culinary use, so its eating and kitchen qualities are only lightly documented here. [S1]
The tree is a fine upright grower and a good bearer. Father John B. Katzner of St. John's University near St. Cloud, Minnesota, is quoted as supporting its hardiness there and its resistance to blight. [S1]
Hardiness is the main reason Tait appears in this source. The document lists it in a hardy pear section for northern planting and argues that pears can be grown successfully in Minnesota. Its evidence includes the Ontario origin, the claimed survival at 40 degrees below zero, and the St. Cloud, Minnesota report of hardiness. [S1]
The available source gives no direct parentage, no breeder beyond Mr. Tait as originator, no release date, no accession code, and no descendant breeding use. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“The scan/OCR suggests a pear entry reading 'Tait Dropmore'; 'Tait' may be a distinct cultivar but the cell is ambiguous.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 105 | Hardy fruits for Northern planting, trees, shrubs, 1937 | unknown | 10 | 0 | 0 | p7 | Tree described as a fine upright grower.; Fruit described as good quality.; Described as a good bearer.; Fruit is yellow. |
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| 105 | p7 | tree_form | Tree described as a fine upright grower. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | flavor_profile | Fruit described as good quality. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | productivity | Described as a good bearer. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | fruit_color | Fruit is yellow. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | fruit_size | Fruit is medium size. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | entry_hardiness_observation | Quoted as hardy there and resistant to blight. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | source_reference_abbreviation | Father John B. Katzner of St. John's University near St. Cloud, Minnesota, is quoted as a supporting source. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | entry_hardiness_observation | Said to have endured 40 degrees below zero according to the originator, Mr. Tait. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | entry_location | Originated in Ontario, Canada. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p7 | entry_hardiness_observation | Described as perhaps the hardiest of all pears. | Tait Pear The Tait is perhaps the hardiest of all pears. It was originated in Ontario, Canada | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| tree_form | Tree described as a fine upright grower. | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | Fruit described as good quality. | 0.93 |
| productivity | Described as a good bearer. | 0.94 |
| fruit_color | Fruit is yellow. | 0.94 |
| fruit_size | Fruit is medium size. | 0.94 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Quoted as hardy there and resistant to blight. | 0.94 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Father John B. Katzner of St. John's University near St. Cloud, Minnesota, is quoted as a supporting source. | 0.93 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Said to have endured 40 degrees below zero according to the originator, Mr. Tait. | 0.94 |
| entry_location | Originated in Ontario, Canada. | 0.97 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Described as perhaps the hardiest of all pears. | 0.95 |
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