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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=2.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 42 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: breeding_cross:2, description_snippet:2, release_year_reference:2, culinary_use:1, flavor_profile:1, fruit_size:1, institution_reference:1, productivity:1, ripening_window:1, storage_duration:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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S. D. Macata is a cold-climate fruit cultivar introduced in 1938 [1], with reported parentage Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata [1]; with breeder/program attribution from University of Maryland [1].
Reported parentage includes Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata [1].
Reported fruit characteristics: size notes include 1 7/8 inches [1]; flavor/cooking notes include flavor to common apple sauce [1]; storage notes include keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce [1]; productivity notes include productive, and practically immune to blight [1].
This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest.
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“In later years the main attention has been given to the Nevis wild crab (introduced 1930) Pyrus loensis, from the farthest northwestern point where it has been found native, Nevis, Minnesota, near the headwaters of the Mississippi River”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p12
“The Kola crabapple (South Dakota Station Bulletin 224) has become of great interest to cytologists and plant-breeders the world over, because it is the first known tetraploid among cultivated named apples with 68 chromosomes”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p12
“Taming the American Wild Crabapple The wild crabapple was the only apple known to the Indians before the white man brought over the cultivated apple which is a native of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p12
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 1 | New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest | unknown | 42 | 0 | 0 | p12 | S. D. Macata: However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce.; S. D. Macata: In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | As far as can be determined the author has done more than any one else to improve this native American | As far as can be determined the author has done more than any one else to improve this native American | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | In later years the main attention has been given to the Nevis wild crab (introduced 1930) Pyrus loensis, from the farthest northwestern point where it has been found native, Nevis, | In later years the main attention has been given to the Nevis wild crab (introduced 1930) Pyrus loensis, from the farthest northwestern point where it has been found native, Nevis, Minnesota, near the headwaters of the M | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | It has been thought by many that it was impossible to improve the American wild crab, but the author has been working with this problem many years, and has produced many hybrids | It has been thought by many that it was impossible to improve the American wild crab, but the author has been working with this problem many years, and has produced many hybrids | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Recent study in Sweden and England indicates triploid apples contain more vitamins than ordinary apples, and are higher in quality | Recent study in Sweden and England indicates triploid apples contain more vitamins than ordinary apples, and are higher in quality | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Tetraploids make is possible to originate many triploid apples (51 chromosomes) by crossing tetraploids with any of the usual diploids (34 chromosomes) | Tetraploids make is possible to originate many triploid apples (51 chromosomes) by crossing tetraploids with any of the usual diploids (34 chromosomes) | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The Kola and the other wild crab hybrids, such as Shoko, Zapta, and Tipi as pointed out in Bulletin 224, are all heavy annual bearers even in dry seasons | The Kola and the other wild crab hybrids, such as Shoko, Zapta, and Tipi as pointed out in Bulletin 224, are all heavy annual bearers even in dry seasons | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Lincoln, University of Maryland, shows that Tipi, Shoko, Zapta, and Elk River are all tetraploids; also, that Nevis is a diploid | Lincoln, University of Maryland, shows that Tipi, Shoko, Zapta, and Elk River are all tetraploids; also, that Nevis is a diploid | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Later research by Dr | Later research by Dr | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Bernhard Nebel, Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York | Bernhard Nebel, Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | This was first determined in 1928 by Dr | This was first determined in 1928 by Dr | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The Kola crabapple (South Dakota Station Bulletin 224) has become of great interest to cytologists and plant-breeders the world over, because it is the first known tetraploid among | The Kola crabapple (South Dakota Station Bulletin 224) has become of great interest to cytologists and plant-breeders the world over, because it is the first known tetraploid among cultivated named apples with 68 chromos | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Some undesirable characters are the small size of fruit and thorniness of tree | Some undesirable characters are the small size of fruit and thorniness of tree | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Other advantages are: annual bearing, early bearing, early ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | Other advantages are: annual bearing, early bearing, early ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | In fact, some people consider wild American apples a fair substitute for quinces in making pres�rves | In fact, some people consider wild American apples a fair substitute for quinces in making pres�rves | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The abundant fragrant pink and white blossoms in the spring make the trees of great value for lawn and park planting, while the fruit is too sour and astringent to tempt anyone | The abundant fragrant pink and white blossoms in the spring make the trees of great value for lawn and park planting, while the fruit is too sour and astringent to tempt anyone | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically immune to blight | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The chief hope in growing many thousands of apple and crabapple seedlings has been to tame the wild American crabapple enough so that the fruit would be desirable at least for culi | The chief hope in growing many thousands of apple and crabapple seedlings has been to tame the wild American crabapple enough so that the fruit would be desirable at least for culinary use | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | This 5erved to tone down the astringency | This 5erved to tone down the astringency | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | The Indians cached or stored the fruit outdoors in the earth over winter | The Indians cached or stored the fruit outdoors in the earth over winter | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Taming the American Wild Crabapple The wild crabapple was the only apple known to the Indians before the white man brought over the cultivated apple which is a native of the temper | Taming the American Wild Crabapple The wild crabapple was the only apple known to the Indians before the white man brought over the cultivated apple which is a native of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Season late fall | Season late fall | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Fruit 1 Yz inches across, 1 Ys inches deep | Fruit 1 Yz inches across, 1 Ys inches deep | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Abrilliant polished red all over; flesh rich subacid, cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | Abrilliant polished red all over; flesh rich subacid, cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p12 | verbatim_quote | MAcATA crabapple-1938 | MAcATA crabapple-1938 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| description_snippet | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce. | 0.54 |
| description_snippet | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically immune to blight. | 0.54 |
| culinary_use | cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | 0.56 |
| productivity | productive, and practically immune to blight | 0.56 |
| ripening_window | ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | 0.56 |
| storage_duration | keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | 0.56 |
| flavor_profile | flavor to common apple sauce | 0.57 |
| fruit_size | 1 7/8 inches | 0.58 |
| release_year_reference | 1930 | 0.68 |
| institution_reference | University of Maryland | 0.60 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"S. D. Macata","year":1938,"heading_raw":"S. D. MAcATA","locations":["Minneapolis, Minnesota","Nevis, Minnesota"],"crosses":["Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata","Agricultural E x periment Station"],"fruit_s | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | As far as can be determined the author has done more than any one else to improve this native American | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | In later years the main attention has been given to the Nevis wild crab (introduced 1930) Pyrus loensis, from the farthest northwestern point where it has been found native, Nevis, Minnesota, near the headwaters of the M | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | It has been thought by many that it was impossible to improve the American wild crab, but the author has been working with this problem many years, and has produced many hybrids | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Recent study in Sweden and England indicates triploid apples contain more vitamins than ordinary apples, and are higher in quality | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Tetraploids make is possible to originate many triploid apples (51 chromosomes) by crossing tetraploids with any of the usual diploids (34 chromosomes) | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The Kola and the other wild crab hybrids, such as Shoko, Zapta, and Tipi as pointed out in Bulletin 224, are all heavy annual bearers even in dry seasons | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Lincoln, University of Maryland, shows that Tipi, Shoko, Zapta, and Elk River are all tetraploids; also, that Nevis is a diploid | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Later research by Dr | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Bernhard Nebel, Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, New York | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | This was first determined in 1928 by Dr | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The Kola crabapple (South Dakota Station Bulletin 224) has become of great interest to cytologists and plant-breeders the world over, because it is the first known tetraploid among cultivated named apples with 68 chromos | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Some undesirable characters are the small size of fruit and thorniness of tree | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Other advantages are: annual bearing, early bearing, early ripening of wood, winter hardiness, late blooming | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | In fact, some people consider wild American apples a fair substitute for quinces in making pres�rves | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | However, the fruit will keep at least a year and is useful to impart a quincelike flavor to common apple sauce | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The abundant fragrant pink and white blossoms in the spring make the trees of great value for lawn and park planting, while the fruit is too sour and astringent to tempt anyone | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | In the seedling plantations of this Station the wild crabapple from Elk River, some thirty miles northwest of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has proved hardy, productive, and practically immune to blight | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The chief hope in growing many thousands of apple and crabapple seedlings has been to tame the wild American crabapple enough so that the fruit would be desirable at least for culinary use | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | This 5erved to tone down the astringency | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The Indians cached or stored the fruit outdoors in the earth over winter | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Taming the American Wild Crabapple The wild crabapple was the only apple known to the Indians before the white man brought over the cultivated apple which is a native of the temperate regions of Europe and Asia | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Season late fall | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Fruit 1 Yz inches across, 1 Ys inches deep | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | A brilliant polished red all over; flesh rich subacid, cooking up tender into a light colored pleasant flavored sauce | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | MAcATA crabapple-1938 | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | Agricultural E x periment Station | 0.90 |
| breeding_cross | Mcintosh apple x Pyrus baccata | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Nevis, Minnesota | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Minneapolis, Minnesota | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1938 | 0.92 |
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