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Ocheeda is an Americana plum. It is a wild found selection, not a named breeding cross. P. L. Hardow found it in 1872 on the banks of Ocheeda Lake in Minnesota, and H. J. Ludlow of Worthington, Minnesota introduced it in 1892. By the time of the South Dakota bulletin, the Minnesota State Horticultural Society had already recommended it for trial. [S1]
The surviving description presents Ocheeda as a small but notably good plum. A. Norby's South Dakota reports from 1902 to 1904 describe fruit of fine appearance and good or high quality, though it was a little undersized and rather small for market. In 1903 he wrote that it ripened with the Wolfs, and in 1904 he placed it a little earlier than De Soto. [S1] An earlier South Dakota fruit report also lists it among the plum varieties that had fruited locally, and Norby later added that it "promises well." [S2]
Norby's notes describe the tree as good and generally productive to fairly productive. The same reports also note practical drawbacks. In 1902, curculio and gouger damaged the fruit, and in 1904 the variety was said to be somewhat subject to pockets. [S1] This suggests a plum valued more for quality and local usefulness than for large commercial size. [S1][S2]
Ocheeda is historically important as one of the northern native plum selections. It was remembered not as a station bred novelty, but as a named Americana plum carried from a wild Minnesota find into regional trial networks in Minnesota and South Dakota. [S1] South Dakota sources show that it fruited under prairie conditions, and a later Manitoba correspondence list shows that it was planted farther north as well, though the surviving excerpt does not give a firm hardiness judgment for Ocheeda itself. [S1][S2]
These sources record no direct parentage. Ocheeda is best understood as a selected wild Americana plum from the northern Upper Midwest, noted for good quality, decent productivity, and a strong enough reputation to be recommended for trial beyond its home region. [S1]
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“Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota.”
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“Tree reported as generally productive to fairly productive in Norby's notes.”
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“Listed as recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society.”
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“A. Norby reported in 1904 that the tree was good and fairly productive, somewhat subject to pockets, and the fruit had nice appearance and high quality but was rather small for market and a little earlier than De Soto.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 17 | Plums in South Dakota | unknown | 10 | 0 | 0 | p29 | Fruit described as of fine quality or high quality.; Tree reported as generally productive to fairly productive in Norby's notes.; A. Norby reported in 1904 that the tree was good and fairly productive, somewhat subject |
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| 17 | p29 | flavor_profile | Fruit described as of fine quality or high quality. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | productivity | Tree reported as generally productive to fairly productive in Norby's notes. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | anecdote_snippet | A. Norby reported in 1904 that the tree was good and fairly productive, somewhat subject to pockets, and the fruit had nice appearance and high quality but was rather small for mar | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | anecdote_snippet | A. Norby reported in 1903 that it ripened with the Wolfs, the tree was good and generally productive, and the fruit was a little undersized but of fine quality. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | anecdote_snippet | A. Norby reported in 1902 that he had set only a few specimens, of fine appearance and good quality, but considerably hurt by curculio and gouger. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | recommendation_context | Listed as recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | breeder_reference | Associated with P. L. Hardow as finder and H. J. Ludlow as introducer. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | release_year_reference | Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow of Worthington, Minnesota. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | selection_origin_reference | Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p29 | taxon_context | Entry labeled as Americana. | Ocheeda, Americana. Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow, on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow, Worthington, Minnesota. Now on the list recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Ho | page_block:0.90 |
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| flavor_profile | Fruit described as of fine quality or high quality. | 0.91 |
| productivity | Tree reported as generally productive to fairly productive in Norby's notes. | 0.90 |
| anecdote_snippet | A. Norby reported in 1904 that the tree was good and fairly productive, somewhat subject to pockets, and the fruit had nice appearance and high quality but was rather small for market and a little earlier than De Soto. | 0.95 |
| anecdote_snippet | A. Norby reported in 1903 that it ripened with the Wolfs, the tree was good and generally productive, and the fruit was a little undersized but of fine quality. | 0.94 |
| anecdote_snippet | A. Norby reported in 1902 that he had set only a few specimens, of fine appearance and good quality, but considerably hurt by curculio and gouger. | 0.94 |
| recommendation_context | Listed as recommended for trial by the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. | 0.97 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with P. L. Hardow as finder and H. J. Ludlow as introducer. | 0.96 |
| release_year_reference | Introduced in 1892 by H. J. Ludlow of Worthington, Minnesota. | 0.98 |
| selection_origin_reference | Found wild in 1872 by P. L. Hardow on the banks of Ocheeda Lake, Minnesota. | 0.98 |
| taxon_context | Entry labeled as Americana. | 0.99 |
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