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Andersen is an apple cultivar from the cross Columbia x Melba. Patterson recorded it, and the University of Saskatchewan introduced it in 1960. Prairie apple references list it as a named introduction from the Saskatchewan program. The introduction list identifies it as selection A58-301, with alternate number 58-309. [S1] [S2]
Sources describe Andersen as a medium sized apple. One directory entry gives about 4.5 cm. Another gives up to about 2 inches by 1 3/4 inches under non irrigated Saskatoon field conditions. The fruit is somewhat conical, white fleshed, and mildly sub acid. Its color runs from light to dark red over a lighter ground, with some splashing noted in the Saskatchewan introduction record. [S1] [S2]
One prairie directory calls the fruit fair quality. The University of Saskatchewan introduction list calls it good quality and an excellent keeper. [S1] [S2] Sources also differ slightly on season. One entry calls it mid season, while the Saskatchewan introduction list places it in mid September. [S1] [S2] One source says thinning does little to increase fruit size. [S1]
These sources do not state hardiness in zone terms. The best direct evidence is its inclusion in Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, a right margin hardiness notation recorded as CR, and performance notes from Saskatoon field conditions without irrigation. [S1] [S2] Current evidence places Andersen in the prairie hardy apple group documented by Saskatchewan sources, but the exact meaning of the CR code is not resolved in these records. [S1]
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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“Mid season; thinning does little to increase apple size; fair quality.”
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“Marked CR.”
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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 | 10 | 0 | 0 | p15 | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).; CR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter.; Hardiness code H1.; Fair quality. |
| 109 | University of Saskatchewan fruit introductions 1959-1960 | unknown | 9 | 0 | 0 | p2 | Good quality; excellent keeper.; White-fleshed; mildly sub-acid.; Described under field conditions without irrigation at Saskatoon.; Fruit size up to about 2 inches by 1 3/4 inches under field conditions without irrigati |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 3 | p15 | description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | hardiness_code_expansion | CR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness code H1. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | description_snippet | Fair quality. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | description_snippet | Thinning does little to increase apple size. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | description_snippet | Mid season. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | fruit_color | Dark red on light ground. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | fruit_size | Fruit 4.5 cm. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | breeder_reference | Associated with Patterson, dated 1960. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p15 | entry_pedigree | Parentage given as Columbia x Melba. | Andersen (Columbia X Melba) Patterson (1960) Fruit 4.5cm, dark red on light ground. | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | keeping_quality | Good quality; excellent keeper. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | flavor_profile | White-fleshed; mildly sub-acid. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | entry_location | Described under field conditions without irrigation at Saskatoon. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | fruit_size | Fruit size up to about 2 inches by 1 3/4 inches under field conditions without irrigation at Saskatoon. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | fruit_color | Light red with some splashing. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | description_snippet | Mid-September season; somewhat conical fruit. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | release_year_reference | Year introduced: 1960. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | entry_pedigree | Parentage: Columbia x Melba. | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
| 109 | p2 | selection_origin_reference | Production or selection number: A58-301; alternate number shown as (58-309). | A58-301 (58-309) Andersen Columbia x Melba 1960 Mid-Sept.; somewhat conical; light red with some splashing | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | 0.96 |
| hardiness_code_expansion | CR = crabapple or applecrab, meaning fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | 0.99 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness code H1. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Fair quality. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Thinning does little to increase apple size. | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Mid season. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | Dark red on light ground. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit 4.5 cm. | 0.96 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with Patterson, dated 1960. | 0.95 |
| entry_pedigree | Parentage given as Columbia x Melba. | 0.97 |
| keeping_quality | Good quality; excellent keeper. | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | White-fleshed; mildly sub-acid. | 0.94 |
| entry_location | Described under field conditions without irrigation at Saskatoon. | 0.97 |
| fruit_size | Fruit size up to about 2 inches by 1 3/4 inches under field conditions without irrigation at Saskatoon. | 0.92 |
| fruit_color | Light red with some splashing. | 0.94 |
| description_snippet | Mid-September season; somewhat conical fruit. | 0.95 |
| release_year_reference | Year introduced: 1960. | 0.99 |
| entry_pedigree | Parentage: Columbia x Melba. | 0.99 |
| selection_origin_reference | Production or selection number: A58-301; alternate number shown as (58-309). | 0.98 |
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