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Sunbeam Raspberry was an early named raspberry seedling from N. E. Hansen's hardy fruit breeding program. It was introduced for trial in the prairie Northwest. Hansen called it the first named selection among many thousands of raspberry seedlings from the program. He said it was first sent out in spring 1906. [S1]
Its parentage was a cross between a wild red raspberry from Cavalier County, North Dakota, near the Manitoba line, and Shaffer's Colossal, a raspberry from New York. [S1] This ancestry fits Hansen's effort to combine northern wild hardiness with larger or more useful cultivated fruit. [S1]
The fruit was described as fair in size and fair in quality. [S1] The source does not give color, season, flesh texture, flavor detail, or kitchen uses.
The plant was extremely vigorous and productive. It had purple canes and sprouted freely. [S1] Hansen offered plants in 1909, showing that Sunbeam had moved beyond a single test seedling into limited distribution for experimental growers. [S1]
Its main value was hardiness. Hansen recommended Sunbeam for trial where raspberry plants winter-kill. He reported that it endured 41 degrees below zero without protection and passed the winter perfectly at Bismarck, North Dakota. [S1] No formal hardiness zone is given, but the reported winter survival and the North Dakota and Manitoba-line context make it a serious prairie hardy raspberry candidate. [S1]
Sunbeam appears in a 1909 circular about breeding better and hardier fruits for the prairie Northwest. [S1] The same page says the program preferred plants that did not need winter protection, calling protected culture "horticulture on crutches." [S1] The surviving evidence emphasizes Sunbeam's hardiness, vigor, and breeding importance more than dessert quality.
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“Described as the first of the program's thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named.”
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“Indexed entry with reference to Bulletin 224, page 43.”
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“It had endured 41 degrees below zero without protection.”
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“Presented as part of the search for a raspberry hardy enough for the prairie Northwest without winter protection.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 135 | Spring 1909 : some new fruits | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p5 | Offered as plants 12 for $2.00 or 25 for $3.00.; It endured the winter perfectly at Bismarck, North Dakota, without protection, and other good reports had been received.; Recommended for trial where plants winter-kill, b |
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| 135 | p5 | recommendation_context | Offered as plants 12 for $2.00 or 25 for $3.00. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | entry_hardiness_observation | It endured the winter perfectly at Bismarck, North Dakota, without protection, and other good reports had been received. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | entry_hardiness_observation | Recommended for trial where plants winter-kill, because it endured 41 degrees below zero without protection. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | flavor_profile | Fruit described as of fair quality. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | fruit_size | Fruit described as of fair size. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | growth_habit | Plant described as extremely vigorous, productive, purple-caned, and freely sprouting. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | entry_pedigree | Female parent was a wild red raspberry from Cavalier County, North Dakota, near the Manitoba line; male parent was Shaffer's Colossal from New York. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | selection_origin_reference | Described as the first of many thousands of raspberry seedlings from the program to be named. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
| 135 | p5 | release_year_reference | First sent out in spring 1906. | Sunbeam Raspberry. The first of our many thousands of raspberry seedlings to be named. First sent out spring 1906. | page_block:0.90 |
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| recommendation_context | Offered as plants 12 for $2.00 or 25 for $3.00. | 0.95 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | It endured the winter perfectly at Bismarck, North Dakota, without protection, and other good reports had been received. | 0.95 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Recommended for trial where plants winter-kill, because it endured 41 degrees below zero without protection. | 0.97 |
| flavor_profile | Fruit described as of fair quality. | 0.90 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as of fair size. | 0.93 |
| growth_habit | Plant described as extremely vigorous, productive, purple-caned, and freely sprouting. | 0.96 |
| entry_pedigree | Female parent was a wild red raspberry from Cavalier County, North Dakota, near the Manitoba line; male parent was Shaffer's Colossal from New York. | 0.97 |
| selection_origin_reference | Described as the first of many thousands of raspberry seedlings from the program to be named. | 0.96 |
| release_year_reference | First sent out in spring 1906. | 0.97 |
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