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Cascade is a currant cultivar offered for northern planting. A 1950 Daniels Nursery catalog presents it as Minnesota No. 70, a selection from the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. [S1] The catalog presents it as a high quality introduction for growers seeking exceptional size and quality in a currant. [S1]
The description is comparative, not fully independent. Cascade is said to be as hardy and productive as Red Lake, but with larger fruit that ripens about a week earlier. [S1] It is also described as more upright, with slightly shorter bunches and stems than Red Lake. [S1]
This suggests a currant selected for larger fruit and earlier ripening without losing the hardiness and yield expected from an established northern standard. [S1] The source does not describe flesh, flavor details, culinary use, or storage life, so its strongest documented identity is as a hardy, productive, early currant from the Minnesota breeding program. [S1]
Hardiness is stated only by comparison: the catalog says Cascade is as hardy as Red Lake. [S1] The same page appears in a nursery context aimed at the Northwest, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Canada. This places Cascade in the mid century northern fruit growing tradition, but the source does not give a USDA zone or a more exact winter limit. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Daniels planting guide, 1950.
Selected source quotations
“Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm.”
— Daniels planting guide, 1950, p28
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 106 | Daniels planting guide, 1950 | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p28 | The catalog says growers who want the ultra in size and quality in a currant will want to plant Cascade.; The bunches and the stem are both described as slightly shorter than Red Lake.; Described as a more upright grower |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 106 | p28 | recommendation_context | The catalog says growers who want the ultra in size and quality in a currant will want to plant Cascade. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | description_snippet | The bunches and the stem are both described as slightly shorter than Red Lake. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | growth_habit | Described as a more upright grower than Red Lake. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | fruit_size | Described as larger in size than Red Lake and about a week earlier. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | productivity | Said to be just as productive as Red Lake. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | entry_hardiness_observation | Said to be just as hardy as Red Lake. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | breeder_reference | Described as created by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | selection_origin_reference | Listed with the designation Minn. No. 70. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p28 | taxon_context | Presented as a currant cultivar. | Cascade (Minn. No. 70) Another splendid Currant created by our Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| recommendation_context | The catalog says growers who want the ultra in size and quality in a currant will want to plant Cascade. | 0.82 |
| description_snippet | The bunches and the stem are both described as slightly shorter than Red Lake. | 0.90 |
| growth_habit | Described as a more upright grower than Red Lake. | 0.90 |
| fruit_size | Described as larger in size than Red Lake and about a week earlier. | 0.92 |
| productivity | Said to be just as productive as Red Lake. | 0.91 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Said to be just as hardy as Red Lake. | 0.91 |
| breeder_reference | Described as created by the Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. | 0.96 |
| selection_origin_reference | Listed with the designation Minn. No. 70. | 0.97 |
| taxon_context | Presented as a currant cultivar. | 0.99 |
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