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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 12 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: description_snippet:2, breeding_cross:1, fruit_size:1, release_year_reference:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Kit Trio is a cold-climate fruit cultivar introduced in 1938 [1], with reported parentage Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab [1].
Reported parentage includes Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab [1].
Reported fruit characteristics: size notes include 1 7/8 inches [1]; description notes include Fruit 1 Ys inches across, a rich polished yellow all over; flesh pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender; the slices retain their shape, quality good. [1]; Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab. [1].
This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest.
Selected source quotations
“Fruit 1 Ys inches across, a rich polished yellow all over; flesh pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender; the slices retain their shape, quality good”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p22
“Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p22
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 1 | New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest | unknown | 12 | 0 | 0 | p22 | Kit Trio: Fruit 1 Ys inches across, a rich polished yellow all over; flesh pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender; the slices retain their shape, quality good.; Kit Trio: Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab.; Kit Trio: 1 |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 1 | p22 | verbatim_quote | Season late | Season late | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p22 | verbatim_quote | Aheavy crop in 1939 | Aheavy crop in 1939 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p22 | verbatim_quote | Fruit 1 Ys inches across, a rich polished yellow all over; flesh pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender; the slices retain their shape, quality good | Fruit 1 Ys inches across, a rich polished yellow all over; flesh pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender; the slices retain their shape, quality good | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p22 | verbatim_quote | Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab | Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p22 | verbatim_quote | KIT TRIO crabapple-1938 | KIT TRIO crabapple-1938 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Fruit 1 Ys inches across, a rich polished yellow all over; flesh pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender; the slices retain their shape, quality good. | 0.54 |
| description_snippet | Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab. | 0.54 |
| fruit_size | 1 7/8 inches | 0.58 |
| entry_basin_calyx | Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab | 0.88 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"Kit Trio","year":1938,"heading_raw":"KIT TRIO","locations":[],"crosses":["Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab"],"fruit_size_mentions":["1 7/8 inches"],"color_mentions":["yellow"],"morphology_terms":["russet"],"p | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | Season late | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | A heavy crop in 1939 | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Fruit 1 Ys inches across, a rich polished yellow all over; flesh pleasant, sweet, juicy; cooks yellow and tender; the slices retain their shape, quality good | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | KIT TRIO crabapple-1938 | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | Mercer x Sweet Russet Crab | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1938 | 0.92 |
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