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Klondike is an Americana plum grown from Americana seed and linked with John Wragg & Sons of Waukee, Iowa. W. F. Heikes of Huntsville, Alabama, introduced it in 1897 and recommended it for earliness. South Dakota station records describe it as early bearing and vigorous, not late or shy in the orchard. [S1]
The fruit is nearly round and medium or slightly below medium in size. It is bright yellow, with slight mottling and red shading, a thin whitish lilac bloom, and many small whitish dots. The skin is thin. The suture is broad. The apex is rounded. The cavity is narrow and fairly deep. The flesh is bright yellow, pulpy, tender, and sweet, and its flavor was rated very good. The pit is small and clingstone. [S1]
In the South Dakota station record cited here, Klondike ripened on September 5, placing it in the early September season there. It was not considered a good keeper. Its eating quality seems to have been better than its market value, since the same source says its color and size worked against it as a market plum. [S1]
On the tree, Klondike was noted as an early bearer and a good grower at the Station. This entry does not give a fuller disease profile, but the horticultural point is clear: it was remembered as an early, productive Americana plum with pleasing fruit quality, even if it lacked the size and appearance wanted for market trade. [S1]
More broadly, Klondike belongs to the Americana plum group, which was valued on the northern plains for adaptation and usefulness under prairie conditions. The source here records its South Dakota evaluation and also includes a plate illustration of Klondike, showing it was important enough to be pictured with other plum material under station study. [S1]
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“Recommended for its earliness.”
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“Skin thin; suture a broad line; apex rounded; cavity regular, narrow, rather deep.”
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“Pit small and cling.”
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“Flesh bright yellow, pulpy, tender, sweet, with very good flavor.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 17 | Plums in South Dakota | unknown | 14 | 0 | 0 | p22 | Ripe September 5, 1904.; Not a good keeper.; Its color and size count against it as a market variety.; Pit small and cling. |
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| 17 | p22 | release_year_reference | Ripe September 5, 1904. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | storage_duration | Not a good keeper. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | recommendation_context | Its color and size count against it as a market variety. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | description_snippet | Pit small and cling. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | flavor_profile | Flesh bright yellow, pulpy, tender, sweet, with very good flavor. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | description_snippet | Skin thin; suture a broad line; apex rounded; cavity regular, narrow, rather deep. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | fruit_color | Fruit bright yellow, slightly mottled and shaded with red, with thin whitish lilac bloom and numerous minute whitish dots. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | fruit_size | Fruit nearly round, size medium or below. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | productivity | At the Station the trees proved early bearers and good growers. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | selection_origin_reference | Recommended for its earliness. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | breeder_reference | Associated with John Wragg & Sons of Waukee, Iowa. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | release_year_reference | Introduced in 1897 by W. F. Heikes of Huntsville, Alabama. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | entry_pedigree | Originated with John Wragg & Sons of Waukee, Iowa, from Americana seed. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | taxon_context | Classed as an Americana plum. | Klondike, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| release_year_reference | Ripe September 5, 1904. | 0.95 |
| storage_duration | Not a good keeper. | 0.94 |
| recommendation_context | Its color and size count against it as a market variety. | 0.92 |
| description_snippet | Pit small and cling. | 0.93 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh bright yellow, pulpy, tender, sweet, with very good flavor. | 0.96 |
| description_snippet | Skin thin; suture a broad line; apex rounded; cavity regular, narrow, rather deep. | 0.91 |
| fruit_color | Fruit bright yellow, slightly mottled and shaded with red, with thin whitish lilac bloom and numerous minute whitish dots. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit nearly round, size medium or below. | 0.96 |
| productivity | At the Station the trees proved early bearers and good growers. | 0.95 |
| selection_origin_reference | Recommended for its earliness. | 0.93 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with John Wragg & Sons of Waukee, Iowa. | 0.95 |
| release_year_reference | Introduced in 1897 by W. F. Heikes of Huntsville, Alabama. | 0.97 |
| entry_pedigree | Originated with John Wragg & Sons of Waukee, Iowa, from Americana seed. | 0.97 |
| taxon_context | Classed as an Americana plum. | 0.98 |
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