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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: 8 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Mordena is a hardy cherry from the Morden Experiment Station in Manitoba, Canada. A 1937 Fruit Growers Service Co. catalog listed it among hardy cherries for northern planting and described it as extremely hardy and very fruitful. The catalog says stock was very limited, so Mordena may have been new or scarce at the time. [S1]
The catalog places Mordena in a prairie context. It says the cherry was much hardier than Compass and ripened a few days earlier. A Winnipeg grower reported that after two of the severest winters on record, two Mordena trees were loaded with fruit to the topmost branches. [S1]
The fruit was recommended for fresh eating and kitchen use. Fruit Growers Service Co. called it very good for eating out of hand and really excellent for all cooking purposes. The available source gives no detailed description of fruit size, color, flesh, or texture. [S1]
Mordena appears in the catalog's hardy cherry section with other northern hybrid cherries and pollinizer cherries for cold regions. The packet does not give direct parentage, species formula, breeder name, or later breeding use, so those details remain unresolved. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from An index of fruit cultivars tested or developed on the Canadian prairies., with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Experimental Station, Morden, 1930, seedling of Compass.”
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“Aplum or hybrid at number 42 appears as 'Mordena' in OCR support.”
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“Season listed as late.”
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“Flesh juicy, sweet, sprightly, sub-acid.”
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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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | p9 | Stock very limited.; Really excellent for all cooking purposes.; Very good for eating out of hand.; Reported as very much hardier than Compass. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 105 | p9 | recommendation_context | Stock very limited. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p9 | culinary_use | Really excellent for all cooking purposes. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p9 | flavor_profile | Very good for eating out of hand. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p9 | entry_hardiness_observation | Reported as very much hardier than Compass. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p9 | description_snippet | Reported to ripen a few days earlier than Compass. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p9 | anecdote_snippet | A Winnipeg grower reported that after two of the severest winters on record, two Mordena trees were loaded with fruit to the topmost branches. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p9 | entry_hardiness_observation | Tree described as extremely hardy and very fruitful. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
| 105 | p9 | selection_origin_reference | Originated at Morden Experiment Station, Manitoba, Canada. | Mordena Cherry | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| recommendation_context | Stock very limited. | 0.96 |
| culinary_use | Really excellent for all cooking purposes. | 0.93 |
| flavor_profile | Very good for eating out of hand. | 0.90 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Reported as very much hardier than Compass. | 0.91 |
| description_snippet | Reported to ripen a few days earlier than Compass. | 0.90 |
| anecdote_snippet | A Winnipeg grower reported that after two of the severest winters on record, two Mordena trees were loaded with fruit to the topmost branches. | 0.91 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Tree described as extremely hardy and very fruitful. | 0.97 |
| selection_origin_reference | Originated at Morden Experiment Station, Manitoba, Canada. | 0.98 |
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