Taxon ID: 10
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=yes
Relationships: 1 | Linked Entities (visible): 1 | Evidence claims: 4 | History events: 1 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Evidence Badge: emerging | claims=4 | sources=2 | contradictions=0
Claim Types: breeding_cross:1, growth_habit:1, recommendation_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Beta is a cold-climate fruit cultivar with reported parentage Merrimac x Beta [2].
Reported parentage includes Merrimac x Beta [2].
Cold-hardiness evidence is currently inferred from structured recommendation-zone rows shown below.
This summary currently draws chiefly from South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11), with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Selected source quotations
“The beta, vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection, is very desirable for all and grape juice.”
— South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11), p2
Source-story quotations
Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.
Related cultivars mentioned in source context
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| narrative_observation | mentioned | South Dakota | 0.76 |
No linked media assets.
| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11) | public_domain | 3 | 0 | 0 | p2 | is very desirable for all and grape juice.; vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection; {"claims": [{"claim_text": "vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without win |
| 12 | Northern Plant Novelties for 1945 | unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 | n/a | Merrimac x Beta; relationship: cross_parent; history: Merrimac x Beta |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | p2 | recommendation_context | is very desirable for all and grape juice. | The beta, vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection, is very desirable for all and grape juice. | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p2 | growth_habit | vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection | The beta, vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection, is very desirable for all and grape juice. | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p2 | structured_entry_json | {"claims": [{"claim_text": "vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection", "claim_type": "growth_habit"}, {"claim_text": "is very desirable for | The beta, vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection, is very desirable for all and grape juice. | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| No catalog issue offerings linked. | |||
| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| cross_parent | cultivar | 211 | Merrimac |
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| breeding_cross | Merrimac x Beta | 0.65 |
| recommendation_context | is very desirable for all and grape juice. | 0.93 |
| growth_habit | vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection | 0.93 |
| structured_entry_json | {"claims": [{"claim_text": "vigorous, productive and hardy throughout South Dakota without winter protection", "claim_type": "growth_habit"}, {"claim_text": "is very desirable for all and grape juice.", "claim_type": "re | 0.94 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | cross_event | 1945 | Merrimac x Beta |