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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 8 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: description_snippet:2, breeder_reference:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, rootstock_compatibility:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Arctic Dawn is a Beaverlodge applecrab, or crabapple, selection recorded in 1952 and described as a Niedzwetzkyana hybrid. This places it in the red fleshed ornamental and hardy apple line associated with Malus niedzwetzkyana breeding work [S1]. The surviving directory note does not present it as an eating apple. Instead, it remains in the prairie record because it may be useful as a hardy rootstock [S1].
The fruit is described as purple red and about 7.2 cm across [S1]. The source gives it more visual than culinary importance. It specifically says it is not edible and gives no praise for dessert, cooking, or storage use [S1].
Its main historical interest is horticultural rather than culinary. Arctic Dawn seems to have been remembered as hardy breeding or support material from Beaverlodge, not as a named fruit for the table [S1]. The Niedzwetzkyana background also matters because that line was often valued for unusual red pigmentation and cold climate breeding potential [S1].
Hardiness is implied by its Beaverlodge origin and by the source's note that it may serve as a hardy rootstock, but the cited entry gives no explicit zone rating [S1]. The record is therefore strongest as evidence of prairie breeding utility, not as a documented edible cultivar for cold climate orchards [S1].
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This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada.
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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 | 8 | 0 | 0 | p16 | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter).; Not edible, but included here for its possible use as a hardy rootstock.; Included for its possible use as a hardy rootstock, not because it |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 3 | p16 | description_snippet | Listed as a crabapple (crabapple or applecrab, fruit less than 5 cm diameter). | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p16 | description_snippet | Not edible, but included here for its possible use as a hardy rootstock. | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p16 | rootstock_compatibility | Included for its possible use as a hardy rootstock, not because it is edible. | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p16 | fruit_color | Fruit purple red. | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p16 | fruit_size | Fruit 7.2 cm. | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p16 | taxon_context | CR code indicates a crabapple or applecrab with fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p16 | breeder_reference | Associated with Beaverlodge; date given as 1952. | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) CR | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p16 | entry_pedigree | Described as a niedzwetzkyana hybrid. | Arctic Dawn (nied. hybrid) Beaverlodge (1952) 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 |
| description_snippet | Not edible, but included here for its possible use as a hardy rootstock. | 0.98 |
| rootstock_compatibility | Included for its possible use as a hardy rootstock, not because it is edible. | 0.97 |
| fruit_color | Fruit purple red. | 0.93 |
| fruit_size | Fruit 7.2 cm. | 0.78 |
| taxon_context | CR code indicates a crabapple or applecrab with fruit less than 5 cm diameter. | 0.97 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with Beaverlodge; date given as 1952. | 0.94 |
| entry_pedigree | Described as a niedzwetzkyana hybrid. | 0.95 |
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