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Loring is listed as a hybrid plum with a Prunus salicina background in a 1951 University of Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin on stone fruit pollination [S1]. The source does not describe its origin, breeder, parentage, fruit quality, or tree habit. Its documented value here is as a pollinizer in Upper Midwest plum trials [S1].
In Table 4, Loring is rated as a fair pollinizer [S1]. It pollinated three tested varieties and bloomed early [S1]. The source helps document its bloom timing and possible orchard role, but not its fruit or general horticultural value [S1].
The bulletin lists Loring among hybrid and native plums evaluated in Minnesota, along with named cultivars and numbered selections [S1]. The table also includes hybrids involving American, Japanese, Canadian, sand cherry, Simon, and related plum backgrounds. Loring itself is identified only as a P. salicina hybrid [S1].
Hardiness is not stated directly for Loring. The same page says pure P. salicina and P. simonii varieties were not tested as pollinizers because they lacked winter hardiness. Loring is listed as a hybrid, not a pure P. salicina variety [S1]. Its inclusion in Minnesota pollination work shows regional testing, not a direct zone rating [S1].
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Pollination Studies with Stone Fruits.
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 112 | Pollination Studies with Stone Fruits | unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | p4 | Species/background listed as P. salicina hybrid.; Bloom season: early.; Pollinated 3 varieties tested.; Rated as a fair pollinizer in Table 4. |
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| 112 | p4 | taxon_context | Species/background listed as P. salicina hybrid. | Loring 3 Early P. salicina hybrid | page_block:0.90 |
| 112 | p4 | description_snippet | Bloom season: early. | Loring 3 Early P. salicina hybrid | page_block:0.90 |
| 112 | p4 | description_snippet | Pollinated 3 varieties tested. | Loring 3 Early P. salicina hybrid | page_block:0.90 |
| 112 | p4 | recommendation_context | Rated as a fair pollinizer in Table 4. | Loring 3 Early P. salicina hybrid | page_block:0.90 |
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| taxon_context | Species/background listed as P. salicina hybrid. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Bloom season: early. | 0.93 |
| description_snippet | Pollinated 3 varieties tested. | 0.93 |
| recommendation_context | Rated as a fair pollinizer in Table 4. | 0.98 |
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