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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Claim Types: description_snippet:2, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, selection_origin_reference:1, storage_duration:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Gruskirka is an apple described in A Study of Northwestern Apples as originating in Sweden, with specimens received from F. J. Peterson of Waconia, Minnesota [S1].
The fruit is described as below medium size, regular, and roundish oblong conical. Its surface is waxen and polished, pale yellow turning to white, with small obscure white dots [S1].
The flesh is white, pleasant subacid, and rated good. The listed season is September [S1].
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from A Study of Northwestern Apples.
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“Specimens were from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota.”
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“Dots white, obscure, minute, suffused; cavity wide, regular, obtuse, with considerable radiating russet; stem medium; basin flat, corrugated; calyx closed, segments reflexed.”
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“Listed under Flesh white or whitish, tube conical; stamens median, cells ovate.”
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“Flesh white, pleasant subacid, good.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 14 | A Study of Northwestern Apples | unknown | 7 | 0 | 0 | p57 p138 | Stamens median; cells ovate.; Cavity wide and obtuse with radiating russet; basin flat and corrugated; calyx closed with reflexed segments.; Maturity listed as September.; Flesh is white and pleasant subacid; quality mar |
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| 14 | p138 | description_snippet | Stamens median; cells ovate. | Stamens median, cells ovate .. ... . ... . .. .... ... ..... Gruskirka | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p57 | description_snippet | Cavity wide and obtuse with radiating russet; basin flat and corrugated; calyx closed with reflexed segments. | Gruskirka-Origin, Sweden; specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota -:Fruit below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical; surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suf | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p57 | storage_duration | Maturity listed as September. | Gruskirka-Origin, Sweden; specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota -:Fruit below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical; surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suf | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p57 | flavor_profile | Flesh is white and pleasant subacid; quality marked as good. | Gruskirka-Origin, Sweden; specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota -:Fruit below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical; surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suf | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p57 | fruit_color | Surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suffused. | Gruskirka-Origin, Sweden; specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota -:Fruit below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical; surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suf | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p57 | fruit_size | Fruit described as below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical. | Gruskirka-Origin, Sweden; specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota -:Fruit below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical; surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suf | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p57 | selection_origin_reference | Named as originating from Sweden, with specimens from F. J. Peterson in Waconia, Minnesota. | Gruskirka-Origin, Sweden; specimens from F. J. Peterson, Waconia, Minnesota -:Fruit below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical; surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suf | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Stamens median; cells ovate. | 0.77 |
| description_snippet | Cavity wide and obtuse with radiating russet; basin flat and corrugated; calyx closed with reflexed segments. | 0.90 |
| storage_duration | Maturity listed as September. | 0.91 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh is white and pleasant subacid; quality marked as good. | 0.93 |
| fruit_color | Surface waxen, polished, pale yellow, turning to white; dots white, obscure, minute, suffused. | 0.92 |
| fruit_size | Fruit described as below medium, regular, roundish oblong conical. | 0.93 |
| selection_origin_reference | Named as originating from Sweden, with specimens from F. J. Peterson in Waconia, Minnesota. | 0.93 |
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