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Claim Types: release_year_reference:3, flavor_profile:2, fruit_color:2, fruit_size:2, growth_habit:2, rootstock_compatibility:2, anecdote_snippet:1, breeder_reference:1, description_snippet:1, recommendation_context:1, selection_origin_reference:1, storage_duration:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Lang is an Americana plum recorded in the South Dakota Station orchard by 1898, when two trees were received from C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota under the name "Lang or Rang." [S1] The bulletin treats it as a native American plum, not a European plum. Later plate pages show it among photographed native plum fruits in 1902 and on September 7, 1903. [S1]
The fruit is described as large and nearly yellow to yellowish, with thin skin, a small pit, and sweet, juicy flesh of good quality. [S1] It ripened about September 5 to 8 in the Station record. [S1] The same source says it was a very good keeper after picking, giving it more postharvest value than many plums of the same season. [S1]
The main weakness appears to have been the tree. On sand cherry stock it was so sprawling and rampant that shoots bent to the ground. On native plum stock it also kept an open, sprawling form and needed severe pruning to make a more compact head. [S1] The bulletin says this very straggling habit was an objection to the variety and concludes that Lang was not especially promising. [S1]
The Station also recorded mixed practical results. Trees propagated there on sand cherry stock and planted in 1900 had borne for the previous two years, but in 1903 many fruits rotted on the tree. [S1] With its large yellow fruit, good quality, and good keeping, but poor tree form and rot trouble, Lang appears to have had real fruit merit but did not win confidence as a prairie orchard sort. [S1]
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“Under the name of Lang or Rang, two trees in the Station orchard were received in 1898 from C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota.”
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“Pit small.”
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“Flesh sweet and juicy; quality good.”
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“The fruit is of good quality.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 17 | Plums in South Dakota | unknown | 20 | 0 | 0 | p22 | The very straggling habit is an objection to this variety.; In 1903 many rotted on the tree.; A very good keeper after being picked.; Flesh sweet and juicy; quality good. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 17 | p22 | growth_habit | The very straggling habit is an objection to this variety. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | anecdote_snippet | In 1903 many rotted on the tree. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | storage_duration | Avery good keeper after being picked. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | flavor_profile | Flesh sweet and juicy; quality good. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | description_snippet | Pit small. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | fruit_color | Fruit yellowish with thin skin. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | fruit_size | Fruit large. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | release_year_reference | Trees on sand cherry stock were planted at the Station in 1900. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | rootstock_compatibility | Three trees of Lang on sand cherry stock propagated at this Station and planted in 1900 had borne the past two years. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | recommendation_context | Not especially promising. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | release_year_reference | Fruit ripens September 5 to 8. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | flavor_profile | The fruit is of good quality. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | fruit_color | The fruit is nearly yellow. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | fruit_size | The fruit is large. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | growth_habit | On native plum stock the trees also have an open sprawling habit, indicating the need of severe pruning to secure a more compact head. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | rootstock_compatibility | On sand cherry stock the habit is so sprawling and rampant that the shoots bend over to the ground. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | release_year_reference | The Station received trees in 1898. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | breeder_reference | Received from C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | selection_origin_reference | Under the name of Lang or Rang, two trees in the Station orchard were received in 1898 from C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p22 | taxon_context | Classed as an Americana plum. | Lang, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| growth_habit | The very straggling habit is an objection to this variety. | 0.96 |
| anecdote_snippet | In 1903 many rotted on the tree. | 0.94 |
| storage_duration | A very good keeper after being picked. | 0.95 |
| flavor_profile | Flesh sweet and juicy; quality good. | 0.95 |
| description_snippet | Pit small. | 0.92 |
| fruit_color | Fruit yellowish with thin skin. | 0.92 |
| fruit_size | Fruit large. | 0.95 |
| release_year_reference | Trees on sand cherry stock were planted at the Station in 1900. | 0.93 |
| rootstock_compatibility | Three trees of Lang on sand cherry stock propagated at this Station and planted in 1900 had borne the past two years. | 0.94 |
| recommendation_context | Not especially promising. | 0.93 |
| release_year_reference | Fruit ripens September 5 to 8. | 0.94 |
| flavor_profile | The fruit is of good quality. | 0.90 |
| fruit_color | The fruit is nearly yellow. | 0.92 |
| fruit_size | The fruit is large. | 0.95 |
| growth_habit | On native plum stock the trees also have an open sprawling habit, indicating the need of severe pruning to secure a more compact head. | 0.95 |
| rootstock_compatibility | On sand cherry stock the habit is so sprawling and rampant that the shoots bend over to the ground. | 0.96 |
| release_year_reference | The Station received trees in 1898. | 0.94 |
| breeder_reference | Received from C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota. | 0.94 |
| selection_origin_reference | Under the name of Lang or Rang, two trees in the Station orchard were received in 1898 from C. W. H. Heideman of Minnesota. | 0.96 |
| taxon_context | Classed as an Americana plum. | 0.98 |
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