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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: 11 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: description_snippet:3, flavor_profile:1, fruit_size:1, growth_habit:1, productivity:1, selection_origin_reference:1, source_reference_abbreviation:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Sources using the name Marvel do not clearly describe a single cultivar. A 1950 Daniels Nursery catalog presents Marvel, also called Brunes, as an everbearing strawberry of "outstanding merit." It describes vigorous, productive plants with large, very sweet berries that withstand drought exceptionally well. The catalog also calls it the sweetest everbearing sort in that list. [S2]
A very different source, Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, includes a separate and much shorter entry for Marvel as an apple cultivar. That record gives only a brief note: a U.S. apple listed in trial in 1972, with no parentage, breeder, fruit description, or hardiness details on the cited page. [S1]
Because these sources point to different fruits, Marvel cannot yet be summarized confidently as one cultivar. The strawberry record is the only one with real descriptive detail: an everbearing sort valued for sweetness, large fruit, vigor, productivity, and drought tolerance. [S2] The apple record currently supports only the existence of an apple named Marvel in prairie trial documentation. [S1]
The unresolved issue is identity. These sources may refer to two distinct cultivars that share the same name, rather than one fruit with a coherent history. [S1] [S2]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
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“US; trial 1972.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 106 | Daniels planting guide, 1950 | unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | p27 | Berries are very sweet; the catalog states they are the sweetest of all the everbearing varieties in the writer's opinion.; Berries are large.; Plants withstand drought exceptionally well.; Plants are productive. |
| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | p46 | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).; Marked ST, meaning a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more.; An apparent trial or test date around 1972 is noted, but the scan is uncer |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 3 | p46 | description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | Marvel US [trial 1972?) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p46 | taxon_context | Marked ST, meaning a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | Marvel US [trial 1972?) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p46 | description_snippet | An apparent trial or test date around 1972 is noted, but the scan is uncertain. | Marvel US [trial 1972?) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p46 | selection_origin_reference | Origin noted as United States. | Marvel US [trial 1972?) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | flavor_profile | Berries are very sweet; the catalog states they are the sweetest of all the everbearing varieties in the writer's opinion. | MARVEL (Brunes)-An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | fruit_size | Berries are large. | MARVEL (Brunes)-An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | entry_hardiness_observation | Plants withstand drought exceptionally well. | MARVEL (Brunes)-An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | productivity | Plants are productive. | MARVEL (Brunes)-An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | growth_habit | Plants are vigorous. | MARVEL (Brunes)-An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | description_snippet | An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | MARVEL (Brunes)-An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p27 | source_reference_abbreviation | Also identified as Brunes. | MARVEL (Brunes)-An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | 0.96 |
| taxon_context | Marked ST, meaning a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | An apparent trial or test date around 1972 is noted, but the scan is uncertain. | 0.45 |
| selection_origin_reference | Origin noted as United States. | 0.74 |
| flavor_profile | Berries are very sweet; the catalog states they are the sweetest of all the everbearing varieties in the writer's opinion. | 0.92 |
| fruit_size | Berries are large. | 0.89 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Plants withstand drought exceptionally well. | 0.92 |
| productivity | Plants are productive. | 0.89 |
| growth_habit | Plants are vigorous. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | An everbearing variety of outstanding merit. | 0.94 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Also identified as Brunes. | 0.71 |
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