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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Italian Prune is a prune plum known here only from fragments. Those fragments place it in the European plum tradition and show that it circulated in the nursery trade under its own name. A South Dakota nursery availability list includes it in the prune section, but marks it with XX, meaning it was not considered dependably hardy even in the most favored parts of the state. [S1]
The clearest historical link in these sources is lineage, not a full cultivar profile. A South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin names Italian Prune as the seed parent of Golden Prune. It says Golden Prune originated at Milwaukee, Oregon, from seed of Italian Prune by Seth Lewelling. This confirms Italian Prune as a recognized parent cultivar in western plum breeding and distribution. The packet does not give its breeder, origin date, fruit description, or release history. [S2]
Hardiness is the best supported horticultural point. South Dakota sources treated it cautiously. The nursery circular's XX notation shows it was not dependably hardy there, even in the state's milder sites. [S1] Beyond that, the packet does not provide direct evidence on ripening season, storage, eating quality, tree habit, disease, or management.
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Nursery Plants Available from South Dakota Nurseries.
Featured source descriptions
“XX 'Italian Prune' 7”
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“Marked XX, indicating it is not dependably hardy even in most-favored areas of South Dakota.”
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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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| 17 | Plums in South Dakota | unknown | 1 | 0 | 0 | p19 | Named as the seed parent of Golden Prune. |
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| 17 | p19 | entry_pedigree | Named as the seed parent of Golden Prune. | Originated at Milwaukee, Oregon, from seed of Italian Prune, by Seth Lewelling. | page_block:0.90 |
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| entry_pedigree | Named as the seed parent of Golden Prune. | 0.94 |
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