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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: 10 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: description_snippet:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, hardiness_code_expansion:1, productivity:1, recommendation_context:1, source_reference_abbreviation:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Early Yellow is a small yellow apple or crabapple listed in prairie fruit references as a consistently heavy cropper. [S1] A northern Manitoba guide lists it among crabapple varieties and describes it as zone 1 hardy, placing it among the hardiest named fruits in the archive. [S2]
The surviving record is thin. A prairie apple directory says only that it crops heavily and cites a 1985 Fruit Grower reference. [S1] A Manitoba guide gives a clearer field description: small yellow fruit, hard to find, and suited to plant hardiness zone 1 in northern Manitoba. [S2]
Fruit description is limited to size and color. Sources describe it as small and yellow, but give no details on flesh, flavor, or shape. [S2] The supplied sources record no ripening date, storage note, or specific kitchen use for this cultivar. Its inclusion in Manitoba crabapple recommendations suggests it was considered worth growing where extreme hardiness mattered. [S2]
Its growth habit is also lightly documented. The one direct horticultural note is productivity: it is described as a consistently heavy cropper. [S1] That is its clearest documented trait.
Hardiness is the strongest part of the record. The Manitoba source places Early Yellow in zone 1 and recommends it in a northern Manitoba crabapple context. [S2] A separate prairie directory also gives it an unexplained hardiness notation, but the Manitoba zone statement is the clearest evidence. [S1] [S2]
Basic identity and fuller history remain uncertain. One source places Early Yellow in a prairie apple directory, while the other lists it with crabapple varieties. [S1] [S2] The supplied sources do not name a breeder, institution, place of origin, parentage, or release date.
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Fruit Crops for Northern Manitoba, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Referenced in Fruit Grower 1985.”
— [1]
“Plant hardiness is listed as zone 1.”
— [2]
“Consistently heavy cropper.”
— [1]
“Marked as hard to find.”
— [2]
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
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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 | 6 | 0 | 0 | p27 | Hardiness rated moderately hardy (H2).; Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).; Classed as CR: crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter.; Rated H2: moderately hardy. |
| 111 | Fruit Crops for Northern Manitoba | unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | p12 | Hard to find in the context of varieties for northern Manitoba.; Yellow fruit.; Small fruit.; Plant hardiness zone 1. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | p27 | entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness rated moderately hardy (H2). | Early Yellow Consistently heavy cropper. Fruit Grower 1985. H2. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p27 | description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | Early Yellow Consistently heavy cropper. Fruit Grower 1985. H2. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p27 | taxon_context | Classed as CR: crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | Early Yellow Consistently heavy cropper. Fruit Grower 1985. H2. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p27 | hardiness_code_expansion | Rated H2: moderately hardy. | Early Yellow Consistently heavy cropper. Fruit Grower 1985. H2. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p27 | source_reference_abbreviation | Referenced to Fruit Grower 1985. | Early Yellow Consistently heavy cropper. Fruit Grower 1985. H2. | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p27 | productivity | Consistently heavy cropper. | Early Yellow Consistently heavy cropper. Fruit Grower 1985. H2. | page_block:0.90 |
| 111 | p12 | recommendation_context | Hard to find in the context of varieties for northern Manitoba. | Early Yellow – plant hardiness zone 1, small yellow fruit, hard to find | page_block:0.90 |
| 111 | p12 | fruit_color | Yellow fruit. | Early Yellow – plant hardiness zone 1, small yellow fruit, hard to find | page_block:0.90 |
| 111 | p12 | fruit_size | Small fruit. | Early Yellow – plant hardiness zone 1, small yellow fruit, hard to find | page_block:0.90 |
| 111 | p12 | entry_hardiness_observation | Plant hardiness zone 1. | Early Yellow – plant hardiness zone 1, small yellow fruit, hard to find | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness rated moderately hardy (H2). | 0.96 |
| description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | 0.96 |
| taxon_context | Classed as CR: crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | 0.89 |
| hardiness_code_expansion | Rated H2: moderately hardy. | 0.93 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Referenced to Fruit Grower 1985. | 0.83 |
| productivity | Consistently heavy cropper. | 0.95 |
| recommendation_context | Hard to find in the context of varieties for northern Manitoba. | 0.98 |
| fruit_color | Yellow fruit. | 0.98 |
| fruit_size | Small fruit. | 0.98 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Plant hardiness zone 1. | 0.99 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
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