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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=2.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 17 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: description_snippet:2, release_year_reference:2, breeder_reference:1, breeding_cross:1, culinary_use:1, hardiness_code_expansion:1, productivity:1, source_reference_abbreviation:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Wakonda is a hardy apple crabapple selection. Sources describe it as a wild crabapple hybrid from Nevis, Minnesota, from a wild crab crossed with Northern Spy. Hansen related records date it to 1931. [S1] [S2]
The clearest origin note is in N. E. Hansen's bulletin. It places Wakonda among efforts to improve hardy crabapple material for northern climates. That source names it as a Nevis, Minnesota, wild crab x Northern Spy apple. The Prairie Canada reference repeats the cross in normalized form and credits Hansen. [S1] [S2]
Fruit descriptions are brief but useful. Hansen says the fruit is much larger than the original Nevis wild crab and has considerable red color. He treated these traits as evidence of its hybrid character. [S1]
Use notes are sparse. The Prairie Canada reference recommends Wakonda for jelly and preserves. This suggests it was valued more as a processing fruit than as a dessert apple. [S2]
Tree notes are also short. Hansen describes the tree as hardy and productive. The Prairie Canada entry adds the hardiness code CR, but without an expanded key here, that code should be read cautiously rather than treated as a precise zone claim. [S1] [S2]
Wakonda's broader significance is its place in early northern breeding work that used wild crab material and standard apples to improve size, color, and utility while keeping prairie hardiness. It appears in Hansen's bulletin under material connected with taming the American wild crabapple, which helps explain both its lineage and its breeding purpose. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Listed in the table of contents under "TAMING THE AMERICAN WILD CRABAPPLE" with entry page 15.”
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“Indexed entry with reference to Bulletin 309, page 8.”
— [1]
“Referenced in F&N.”
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“Listed with hardiness code CR.”
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 1 | New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest | unknown | 10 | 0 | 0 | p16 | Wakonda: Tree hardy and productive; Wakonda: productive; {"cultivar_name":"Wakonda","year":1931,"heading_raw":"WAKONDA wild","locations":["Nevis, Minnesota"],"crosses":["wild crab x Northern Spy apple"],"fruit_size_menti |
| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | p72 | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).; Referenced to F&N.; Used for jelly and preserves.; CR indicates a crabapple or applecrab with fruit less than 5 cm diameter. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | p72 | description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | Wakonda (Nevis X Northern Spy) Hansen (1931) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | source_reference_abbreviation | Referenced to F&N. | Wakonda (Nevis X Northern Spy) Hansen (1931) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | culinary_use | Used for jelly and preserves. | Wakonda (Nevis X Northern Spy) Hansen (1931) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | hardiness_code_expansion | CR indicates a crabapple or applecrab with fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | Wakonda (Nevis X Northern Spy) Hansen (1931) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | release_year_reference | Entry gives 1931. | Wakonda (Nevis X Northern Spy) Hansen (1931) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | breeder_reference | Associated with Hansen. | Wakonda (Nevis X Northern Spy) Hansen (1931) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p72 | entry_pedigree | Pedigree given as Nevis x Northern Spy. | Wakonda (Nevis X Northern Spy) Hansen (1931) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | Tree hardy and productive | Tree hardy and productive | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | Fruit much larger than the original Nevis (Pyrus loensis) with considerable red color, indicating hybridity | Fruit much larger than the original Nevis (Pyrus loensis) with considerable red color, indicating hybridity | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | Nevis, Minnesota, wild crab x Northern Spy apple | Nevis, Minnesota, wild crab x Northern Spy apple | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | WAKONDA wild crabapple-1931 | WAKONDA wild crabapple-1931 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | 0.96 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Referenced to F&N. | 0.90 |
| culinary_use | Used for jelly and preserves. | 0.97 |
| hardiness_code_expansion | CR indicates a crabapple or applecrab with fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | 0.98 |
| release_year_reference | Entry gives 1931. | 0.97 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with Hansen. | 0.98 |
| entry_pedigree | Pedigree given as Nevis x Northern Spy. | 0.98 |
| description_snippet | Tree hardy and productive | 0.54 |
| productivity | productive | 0.56 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"Wakonda","year":1931,"heading_raw":"WAKONDA wild","locations":["Nevis, Minnesota"],"crosses":["wild crab x Northern Spy apple"],"fruit_size_mentions":[],"color_mentions":["red"],"morphology_terms":[],"p | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | Tree hardy and productive | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Fruit much larger than the original Nevis (Pyrus loensis) with considerable red color, indicating hybridity | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Nevis, Minnesota, wild crab x Northern Spy apple | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | WAKONDA wild crabapple-1931 | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | wild crab x Northern Spy apple | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Nevis, Minnesota | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1931 | 0.92 |
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