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Snyder is a blackberry cultivar best remembered as a widely planted commercial variety in the late 19th and early 20th century. A South Dakota bulletin calls it "the most popular of all blackberries for commercial purposes" and says it began as a chance seedling on or near the farm of Henry Snyder near La Porte, Indiana, about 1861. [S2]
Its documented origin is simple and clear. Snyder was not presented as a formal breeding station introduction. It was a seedling selection that spread because growers valued it enough to make it standard stock. Later northern nursery material shows the name was still well known enough to appear in a photo caption in a 1950 Daniels Nursery planting guide. [S2] [S3]
The surviving sources here say little about berry size, color, flavor, season, or processing quality. They do preserve its reputation and its hardiness limits. At the South Dakota Station at Brookings it was judged "not sufficiently hardy," which sets a clear limit on its use in exposed prairie conditions. [S2]
Even so, Snyder was not dismissed everywhere in the region. In the Black Hills discussion it is named, with Ancient Briton, as a good blackberry variety for growers who still wanted to try blackberries where they usually performed poorly at that altitude. [S1] [S2] A separate district recommendation list also includes Snyder for District No. 7, but only with winter protection. [S1]
In the archive, Snyder stands less as a fully described fruit than as a marker of blackberry culture pushing north and west beyond its comfort zone. The sources agree that it was important enough to be a commercial standard, yet marginal enough in South Dakota that success depended on site and protection. Its story is that of a famous eastern or Midwestern blackberry meeting prairie winters. [S1] [S2]
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Raspberries, Blackberries and Dewberries, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
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“Originated as a chance seedling on or near the farm of Henry Snyder, near La Porte, Indiana, about 1861.”
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“Not sufficiently hardy at this Station.”
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“Snyder is named as a good blackberry variety for growers who still wish to grow blackberries despite poor performance at this altitude.”
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“The most popular of all blackberries for commercial purposes.”
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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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | p19 | Assigned to District No. 7.; Snyder is listed under blackberries with a district-specific recommendation and winter-protection context. |
| 106 | Daniels planting guide, 1950 | unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | p26 | The name Snyder appears as the caption beneath a berry photograph on this page. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 14 | p19 | entry_location | Assigned to District No. 7. | BLACK BERRIES. District No. 7 - With winter protection - Snyder. | page_block:0.90 |
| 14 | p19 | recommendation_context | Snyder is listed under blackberries with a district-specific recommendation and winter-protection context. | BLACK BERRIES. District No. 7 - With winter protection - Snyder. | page_block:0.90 |
| 106 | p26 | caption_context | The name Snyder appears as the caption beneath a berry photograph on this page. | SNYDER | page_block:0.90 |
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| entry_location | Assigned to District No. 7. | 0.95 |
| recommendation_context | Snyder is listed under blackberries with a district-specific recommendation and winter-protection context. | 0.95 |
| caption_context | The name Snyder appears as the caption beneath a berry photograph on this page. | 0.95 |
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