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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: 13 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: description_snippet:2, fruit_size:2, breeder_reference:1, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, keeping_quality:1, release_year_reference:1, source_reference_abbreviation:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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The name Esther is not stable in the supplied sources. One prairie apple reference uses Esther for a red apple about 7 cm across. It is described as crisp, aromatic, and good flavored, ripening in midseason and keeping until January.[S1] A South Dakota plum bulletin uses Esther for a hortulana plum said to have originated with H. A. Terry at Crescent, Iowa, in 1885.[S2]
The apple entry is brief but favorable. It presents Esther as a storage capable dessert or dual purpose apple with red skin, crisp flesh, aromatic quality, and better flavor than many short directory entries note.[S1] It gives no breeder, parentage, or release history, only the fruit description and the citation to Prairie Moon.[S1]
The plum entry preserves a different history. It identifies Esther as a hortulana plum from Crescent, Iowa, and says that two trees planted in the old South Dakota Station orchard in 1888 winter killed.[S2] This makes the plum Esther historically interesting, but a poor fit for severe northern conditions on the evidence here.[S2]
The sources appear to describe two different cultivars that share the name Esther: a prairie listed apple in one source and a hortulana plum in another.[S1] [S2] The packet does not provide enough lineage, breeder, or synonym evidence to merge them safely.
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Two trees of this variety planted in the old Station orchard in 1888 winter-killed.”
— [2]
“Crisp, aromatic, good flavor.”
— [1]
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Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 8 | 0 | 0 | p28 | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).; Reference given as Prairie Moon.; Keeps until January.; Midseason. |
| 17 | Plums in South Dakota | unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | p18 | Two trees of this variety planted in the old Station orchard in 1888 winter-killed.; The origin location is Crescent, Iowa.; The origin date is given as 1885.; Originated by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, 1885. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 3 | p28 | description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p28 | source_reference_abbreviation | Reference given as Prairie Moon. | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p28 | keeping_quality | Keeps until January. | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p28 | description_snippet | Midseason. | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p28 | flavor_profile | Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p28 | fruit_color | Fruit red. | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p28 | fruit_size | Fruit 7 cm. | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p28 | fruit_size | Marked ST, meaning a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | Esther Fruit 7cm, red. Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. Midseason. Keeps until January. Ref Prairie Moon. ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p18 | entry_hardiness_observation | Two trees of this variety planted in the old Station orchard in 1888 winter-killed. | Esther, hortulana Mineri. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p18 | entry_location | The origin location is Crescent, Iowa. | Esther, hortulana Mineri. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p18 | release_year_reference | The origin date is given as 1885. | Esther, hortulana Mineri. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p18 | breeder_reference | Originated by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, 1885. | Esther, hortulana Mineri. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p18 | taxon_context | Esther is identified as a hortulana plum. | Esther, hortulana Mineri. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | 0.96 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Reference given as Prairie Moon. | 0.89 |
| keeping_quality | Keeps until January. | 0.96 |
| description_snippet | Midseason. | 0.90 |
| flavor_profile | Crisp, aromatic, good flavor. | 0.97 |
| fruit_color | Fruit red. | 0.96 |
| fruit_size | Fruit 7 cm. | 0.97 |
| fruit_size | Marked ST, meaning a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | 0.98 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Two trees of this variety planted in the old Station orchard in 1888 winter-killed. | 0.97 |
| entry_location | The origin location is Crescent, Iowa. | 0.92 |
| release_year_reference | The origin date is given as 1885. | 0.93 |
| breeder_reference | Originated by H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa, 1885. | 0.94 |
| taxon_context | Esther is identified as a hortulana plum. | 0.90 |
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