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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Owatonna is an Americana plum described as a wild variety from Owatonna, Minnesota. The South Dakota bulletin treats it as a hardy northern selection of local interest, not as an important fruit for planting or market use. The source gives no breeder, parentage, or release history. [S1]
The station record is clear about tree performance. In the old South Dakota Station orchard planted in 1888, several trees grew large and were reported perfectly hardy and in good condition. This makes Owatonna a useful record of toughness in early northern plains plum testing, even though the fruit was not highly valued. [S1]
The fruit is described simply and bluntly: it is small and poor in quality. On that basis, the bulletin does not recommend it. A later plate in the same publication also includes Owatonna among the plums photographed in 1902, showing that it remained part of the station's documented comparison set. [S1]
Owatonna matters in the archive mainly for its history and regional context. It was a Minnesota wild Americana that proved very hardy in South Dakota orchard conditions, but the same source gives no evidence of better fruit quality, culinary value, or later breeding importance. [S1]
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Plums in South Dakota.
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“The fruit is poor in quality.”
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“In the old Station orchard set in 1888 several trees attained large size and were perfectly hardy and in good condition.”
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“Not recommended.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 17 | Plums in South Dakota | unknown | 5 | 0 | 0 | p32 | Not recommended.; The fruit is poor in quality.; The fruit runs small.; In the old Station orchard set in 1888 several trees attained large size and were perfectly hardy and in good condition. |
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| 17 | p32 | recommendation_context | Not recommended. | Owatonna, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p32 | description_snippet | The fruit is poor in quality. | Owatonna, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p32 | fruit_size | The fruit runs small. | Owatonna, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p32 | entry_hardiness_observation | In the old Station orchard set in 1888 several trees attained large size and were perfectly hardy and in good condition. | Owatonna, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
| 17 | p32 | entry_location | Awild variety from Owatonna, Minnesota. | Owatonna, Americana. | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| recommendation_context | Not recommended. | 0.98 |
| description_snippet | The fruit is poor in quality. | 0.94 |
| fruit_size | The fruit runs small. | 0.94 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | In the old Station orchard set in 1888 several trees attained large size and were perfectly hardy and in good condition. | 0.96 |
| entry_location | A wild variety from Owatonna, Minnesota. | 0.97 |
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