Cultivar 251: Rideau

Taxon ID: 1

Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=yes

Relationships: 3 | Linked Entities (visible): 1 | Evidence claims: 4 | History events: 1 | Catalog issue offerings: 0

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Rideau is an apple cultivar listed as a cross of Wealthy and Duchess, and the entry ties it to the Central Experimental Farm and a Smithfield reference. [S1] The surviving record is brief, but it places Rideau in the older Canadian hardy apple stream that drew on proven prairie and northern material. [S1]

The documented origin detail is limited to that pedigree note and the Central Experimental Farm association. [S1] This source gives no fruit description, season, storage, tree habit, or disease remarks, so those points remain open. [S1]

Rideau matters mainly as a named cultivar preserved in prairie apple literature, with direct parentage recorded rather than left as hearsay. [S1] A separate lineage note says Rideau later appeared as a parent in a cross with Northern Queen, but that is descendant breeding use, not Rideau's own parentage. [S1]

The entry does not state hardiness directly. [S1] Its inclusion in a prairie Canadian apple reference suggests it was part of the hardy apple circles grown or considered in that region, but this source gives no zone rating or winter survival statement. [S1]

Summary source basis

This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada.

Featured source descriptions

“Referenced to Smithfield.”
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Parentage

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Cold Hardiness

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Zone MinZone MaxZone TextAssertion TypeOutcomeLocationConfidence
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Citation Drawer (Top Supporting Sources)

DocumentTitle/URLRightsClaimsRelationshipsHistory EventsPagesSnippets
79Trailunknown131n/aNorthern Queen x Rideau; relationship: offered_by_candidate_nursery; relationship: cross_parent; history: Northern Queen x Rideau
3Edible Apples in Prairie Canadaunknown300p60Referenced by Smithfield.; Associated with CEF, expanded as Central Experimental Farm.; Parentage given as Wealthy x Duchess.

Citation Evidence (Page-Linked Quotes)

DocumentPageClaim TypeClaimQuoteMatch
3p60source_reference_abbreviationReferenced by Smithfield.Rideau (Wealthy x Duchess) CEF Ref Smithfield.page_block:0.90
3p60breeder_referenceAssociated with CEF, expanded as Central Experimental Farm.Rideau (Wealthy x Duchess) CEF Ref Smithfield.page_block:0.90
3p60entry_pedigreeParentage given as Wealthy x Duchess.Rideau (Wealthy x Duchess) CEF Ref Smithfield.page_block:0.90

Nursery Offering Timeline

YearNurseryCatalog IssueRelation
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Linked Entities

RelationTypeIDLabel
cross_parentcultivar250Northern Queen

Evidence Claims

TypeClaimConfidence
source_reference_abbreviationReferenced by Smithfield.0.88
breeder_referenceAssociated with CEF, expanded as Central Experimental Farm.0.91
entry_pedigreeParentage given as Wealthy x Duchess.0.96
breeding_crossNorthern Queen x Rideau0.65

History Events

IDTypeYearLabel
613cross_event1911Northern Queen x Rideau