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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=yes
Relationships: 1 | Linked Entities (visible): 1 | Evidence claims: 15 | History events: 1 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Honeygold is an apple cultivar bred from Golden Delicious x Haralson at the University of Minnesota. Sources place it in 1962. Prairie references describe it as a much hardier Golden Delicious type, and one source says it is nearly indistinguishable from Golden Delicious in fruit character. [S1] [S3]
The fruit is described as about 6 cm across and medium to large, with golden yellow skin, a bronze blush, and yellow flesh. Sources place it in the fresh eating class, though the older prairie description focuses more on its resemblance to Golden Delicious than on detailed flavor. [S1] [S3]
One prairie index lists Honeygold as a late apple, and another prairie source says it keeps until March. This suggests it was valued for storage as well as harvest quality. [S1] [S3]
For growing conditions, the clearest direct note is the prairie hardiness rating H2-3, and Manchester called it worthy of trial in 1990. It was also listed by several South Dakota nurseries, showing nursery traction in the northern Plains. [S1] [S2]
Honeygold also mattered beyond its own fruit. A University of Saskatchewan ancestry study lists it as an intermediate parent that contributed 1.5% to recent advanced apple selections, showing continued use in later cold climate breeding. That is descendant breeding use, not its own parentage. [S4]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 2 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“"Nearly indistinguishable from Golden Delicious," says FBB.”
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“Season is late.”
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“H2-3.”
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“Described as a Golden Delicious type, but much hardier.”
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 14 | 0 | 0 | p37 | Hardiness rated between moderately hardy and borderline hardy (H2-3).; Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).; BHB is cited in the entry context; the legend expands BHB to Bart Hall-Bey |
| 84 | Microsoft Word - U of S Seedlings Named By PAPI | unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | Brookland x Honeygold; relationship: cross_parent; history: Brookland x Honeygold |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | p37 | entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness rated between moderately hardy and borderline hardy (H2-3). | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | source_reference_abbreviation | BHB is cited in the entry context; the legend expands BHB to Bart Hall-Beyer and Richard, Ecological Fruit Production in the North (1983). | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | entry_hardiness_observation | Rated H2-3, indicating between moderately hardy and borderline hardy. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | recommendation_context | Manchester (1990) calls it worthy of trial. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | description_snippet | Quoted assessment says it is nearly indistinguishable from Golden Delicious. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | keeping_quality | Keeps until March. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | entry_hardiness_observation | Said to be much hardier than Golden Delicious. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | flavor_profile | Described as a Golden Delicious type. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | fruit_color | Fruit is yellow. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | fruit_size | Fruit size is given as 6 cm. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | hardiness_code_expansion | Listed as ST, indicating a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | selection_origin_reference | Associated with Minnesota testing. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p37 | entry_pedigree | Parentage given as Golden Delicious x Haralson. | Honeygold (Golden Delicious x Haralson) Minnesota testing ST | page_block:0.90 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
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| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| cross_parent | cultivar | 255 | Brookland |
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness rated between moderately hardy and borderline hardy (H2-3). | 0.97 |
| description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | 0.96 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | BHB is cited in the entry context; the legend expands BHB to Bart Hall-Beyer and Richard, Ecological Fruit Production in the North (1983). | 0.63 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Rated H2-3, indicating between moderately hardy and borderline hardy. | 0.93 |
| recommendation_context | Manchester (1990) calls it worthy of trial. | 0.84 |
| description_snippet | Quoted assessment says it is nearly indistinguishable from Golden Delicious. | 0.86 |
| keeping_quality | Keeps until March. | 0.94 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Said to be much hardier than Golden Delicious. | 0.87 |
| flavor_profile | Described as a Golden Delicious type. | 0.88 |
| fruit_color | Fruit is yellow. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit size is given as 6 cm. | 0.92 |
| hardiness_code_expansion | Listed as ST, indicating a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | 0.97 |
| selection_origin_reference | Associated with Minnesota testing. | 0.95 |
| entry_pedigree | Parentage given as Golden Delicious x Haralson. | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | Brookland x Honeygold | 0.65 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | cross_event | Brookland x Honeygold |