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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Claim Types: breeder_reference:1, culinary_use:1, description_snippet:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, growth_habit:1, productivity:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Amur Red is a small fruited prairie crabapple, or applecrab, with dark crimson fruit about 3 to 4 cm across borne in tight clusters. Sources describe it as possibly a seedling of Amur, released by Harold Orchard of Miami, Manitoba, around 1940. [S1] [S2]
The surviving record is brief but clear about its practical value. Amur Red was remembered as an early and dependable bearer that produced moderate crops from a young age. Its name fits its appearance: a strongly red fruited selection tied to the Amur line, though the exact parentage remains uncertain and is given only as a probable Amur seedling. [S1] [S2]
The fruit was noted more for kitchen use than for dessert quality. Sources describe it as excellent for canning and jelly, with small crimson fruits borne in clusters that also make it visually distinctive on the tree. [S1] [S2]
The tree is described as upright and productive from an early age. Hardiness is given as H1 in the prairie source record, placing it among the very hardy material in that directory, though the page does not fully define the code. Its Manitoba origin also fits the broader prairie hardy fruit context in which it was recorded. [S1] [S2]
In the broader archive, Amur Red belongs with prairie crabapple and applecrab material selected for usefulness under severe continental conditions rather than for large dessert fruit. Its small size, processing value, early bearing, and very hardy reputation made it the kind of cultivar that mattered in prairie orcharding even when it was not celebrated as a fresh eating apple. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada, with 1 additional supporting sources linked below.
Featured source descriptions
“Released in Miami, Manitoba, Canada.”
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“Fruit borne in tight clusters.”
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“Hardiness noted as H1.”
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“H1.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 3 | Edible Apples in Prairie Canada | unknown | 10 | 0 | 0 | p14 | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).; Hardiness noted as H1, indicating very hardy.; Tree with upright habit.; Excellent for canning and jelly. |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 3 | p14 | description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness noted as H1, indicating very hardy. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | growth_habit | Tree with upright habit. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | culinary_use | Excellent for canning and jelly. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | productivity | Consistent moderate cropper from an early age. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | fruit_color | Fruit dark crimson, in tight clusters. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | fruit_size | Fruit 3-4 cm. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | taxon_context | Code CR indicates a crabapple or applecrab with fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | breeder_reference | Associated with Orchard, circa 1940. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p14 | entry_pedigree | Entry suggests Amur Red may be an Amur seedling. | Amur Red (Amur sdlg?) Orchard (c.1940) CR | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | 0.96 |
| entry_hardiness_observation | Hardiness noted as H1, indicating very hardy. | 0.90 |
| growth_habit | Tree with upright habit. | 0.95 |
| culinary_use | Excellent for canning and jelly. | 0.96 |
| productivity | Consistent moderate cropper from an early age. | 0.96 |
| fruit_color | Fruit dark crimson, in tight clusters. | 0.96 |
| fruit_size | Fruit 3-4 cm. | 0.95 |
| taxon_context | Code CR indicates a crabapple or applecrab with fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | 0.98 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with Orchard, circa 1940. | 0.97 |
| entry_pedigree | Entry suggests Amur Red may be an Amur seedling. | 0.82 |
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