Taxon ID: 1
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 21 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
Open profile JSON | Open lineage explorer | Open lineage JSON
Evidence Badge: emerging | claims=21 | sources=2 | contradictions=0
Claim Types: breeding_cross:2, description_snippet:2, recommendation_count_note:2, column_scope_context:1, culinary_use:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, release_year_reference:1, table_axis_context:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
Connected Views: lineage table | lineage graph | history charts | trait matrix | search | taxon profile | taxonomy tree
Link Filter: showing signal links (candidate hidden); hidden candidate links=0. Show candidate links
Wakpala is a cold-climate fruit cultivar introduced in 1928 [1], with reported parentage Cooks up quickly into e x cellent light yellow sauce [1].
Reported parentage includes Cooks up quickly into e x cellent light yellow sauce [1]; Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple [1].
Source context places it in the Winter Apples section [2].
Reported fruit characteristics: size notes include 2.5 inches [1]; color notes include white [1]; description notes include In 1939 the fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white subacid with spicy sweet fragrance. [1]; Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple. [1].
Current evidence places it in ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State [2].
This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Selected source quotations
“In 1939 the fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white subacid with spicy sweet fragrance”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p16
“Cooks up quickly into excellent light yellow sauce; the slices retain their shape in co@king”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p16
“WINTER APPLES | Long Keepers | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Wakpala”
— South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11), p1
Cross-linked cultivars
Parentage claim text
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | recommendation_table | recommended | WINTER APPLES | 0.84 |
No linked media assets.
| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest | unknown | 15 | 0 | 0 | p16 | Wakpala: In 1939 the fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white subacid with spicy sweet fragrance.; Wakpala: Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple.; Wakpala: sauce; the slices retain |
| 2 | South Dakota Fruit Garden (visual sample pages 9-11) | public_domain | 6 | 0 | 0 | p1 | Wakpala (1); Haralson (2); ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State; WINTER APPLES |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | p1 | recommendation_count_note | Wakpala (1) | Wakpala Wakpala (1) | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | recommendation_count_note | Haralson (2) | Wakpala Haralson (2) | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | column_scope_context | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | WINTER APPLES | Long Keepers | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Wakpala | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | taxon_context | WINTER APPLES | WINTER APPLES | Long Keepers | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Wakpala | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | table_axis_context | Long Keepers | WINTER APPLES | Long Keepers | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Wakpala | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 2 | p1 | structured_entry_json | {"column_label": "ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State", "cultivar_name": "Wakpala", "notes": ["Haralson (2)", "Wakpala (1)"], "page_number": 1, "parser_mode": "visua | WINTER APPLES | Long Keepers | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | Wakpala | visual_page_probe:0.90 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | Season winter | Season winter | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | Cooks up quickly into excellent light yellow sauce; the slices retain their shape in co@king | Cooks up quickly into excellent light yellow sauce; the slices retain their shape in co@king | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | In 1939 the fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white subacid with spicy sweet fragrance | In 1939 the fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white subacid with spicy sweet fragrance | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | This is three-fourths tame apple, one-fourth wild crab | This is three-fourths tame apple, one-fourth wild crab | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple | Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p16 | verbatim_quote | WAKPALA apple-1928 | WAKPALA apple-1928 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| No catalog issue offerings linked. | |||
| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| No linked entities at this filter level. | |||
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| recommendation_count_note | Wakpala (1) | 0.92 |
| recommendation_count_note | Haralson (2) | 0.92 |
| column_scope_context | ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State | 0.92 |
| taxon_context | WINTER APPLES | 0.92 |
| table_axis_context | Long Keepers | 0.92 |
| structured_entry_json | {"column_label": "ZONE III All Rest and Northern two-thirds of State", "cultivar_name": "Wakpala", "notes": ["Haralson (2)", "Wakpala (1)"], "page_number": 1, "parser_mode": "visual_table_page", "row_context": null, "row | 0.94 |
| description_snippet | In 1939 the fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white subacid with spicy sweet fragrance. | 0.54 |
| description_snippet | Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple. | 0.54 |
| culinary_use | sauce; the slices retain their shape in co@king | 0.56 |
| fruit_size | 2.5 inches | 0.58 |
| fruit_color | white | 0.55 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"Wakpala","year":1928,"heading_raw":"WAKPALA","locations":[],"crosses":["Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple","Cooks up quickly into e x cellent light yellow sauce"],"fruit_size_mentions":["5 inches"], | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | Season winter | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Cooks up quickly into excellent light yellow sauce; the slices retain their shape in co@king | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | In 1939 the fruit was 2.5 inches across; color yellow lightly striped with red; flesh white subacid with spicy sweet fragrance | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | This is three-fourths tame apple, one-fourth wild crab | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | WAKPALA apple-1928 | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | Cooks up quickly into e x cellent light yellow sauce | 0.90 |
| breeding_cross | Mercer wild crab x Tolman Sweet apple | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1928 | 0.92 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| No history events. | |||