Taxon ID:
Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 4 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
Open profile JSON | Open lineage explorer | Open lineage JSON
Evidence Badge: emerging | claims=4 | sources=1 | contradictions=0
Claim Types: productivity:1, selection_origin_reference:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
Connected Views: lineage table | lineage graph | history charts | trait matrix | search
Link Filter: showing signal links (candidate hidden); hidden candidate links=0. Show candidate links
Orel No 21 is a domestica plum of Russian origin. In South Dakota trial literature, it appears as a named numbered selection, not as a fully described commercial cultivar. The surviving note is brief, but it places the cultivar among Russian plums tested for adaptation in the northern Great Plains. [S1]
At the old South Dakota Station orchard, in a planting set in 1888, Orel No 21 was reported to be a shy bearer. The same source says the tree lacked hardiness, which seems to have limited its value under Station conditions. [S1]
The source does not describe the fruit's size, color, flavor, season, or culinary use. It also gives no breeder, nursery, or release history beyond stating Russian origin and placing it among domestica plums. [S1]
In historical context, Orel No 21 matters less for a preserved fruit description than for what it shows about plum testing on the northern plains. Russian origin domestica plums were being imported, named, and judged under severe winter conditions, and some failed mainly because of poor hardiness and unreliable bearing. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Plums in South Dakota.
Featured source descriptions
“Of Russian origin.”
— [1]
“The tree is deficient in hardiness.”
— [1]
“In the old Station orchard set in 1888 this variety has proven a shy bearer.”
— [1]
Direct parent cultivars
Parentage claim text
Derived or downstream cultivar links
Source-story quotations
Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.
Related cultivars mentioned in source context
Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No explicit zone assertion rows yet. | ||||||
No linked media assets.
| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Plums in South Dakota | unknown | 4 | 0 | 0 | p31 | The tree is deficient in hardiness.; In the old Station orchard set in 1888 this variety has proven a shy bearer.; Of Russian origin.; Listed as domestica. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | p31 | entry_hardiness_observation | The tree is deficient in hardiness. | Orel No. 21, domestica. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p31 | productivity | In the old Station orchard set in 1888 this variety has proven a shy bearer. | Orel No. 21, domestica. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p31 | selection_origin_reference | Of Russian origin. | Orel No. 21, domestica. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p31 | taxon_context | Listed as domestica. | Orel No. 21, domestica. | page_block:0.90 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
|---|---|---|---|
| No catalog issue offerings linked. | |||
| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| No linked entities at this filter level. | |||
| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| entry_hardiness_observation | The tree is deficient in hardiness. | 0.97 |
| productivity | In the old Station orchard set in 1888 this variety has proven a shy bearer. | 0.96 |
| selection_origin_reference | Of Russian origin. | 0.99 |
| taxon_context | Listed as domestica. | 0.99 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| No history events. | |||