Cultivar 538: Astrachan White

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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=1.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no

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Astrachan White is listed as a standard apple, not a crabapple, in Edible Apples in Prairie Canada.[S1] The surviving note is very brief, but it places the cultivar in the prairie apple record and links it to Skinner's 1947 catalog.[S1]

The source does not give parentage, breeder, place of origin, fruit description, season, or tree characteristics for Astrachan White.[S1] The clearest documented fact is that it was recognized in prairie fruit literature as a named standard apple, and that Skinner's nursery catalog was part of its source trail.[S1]

This makes Astrachan White more of a traceable historical name than a fully described cultivar in the current record.[S1] It is still worth noting because names preserved in nursery catalogs can point to older circulation networks, local testing, and cultivars that may have been more widely grown in prairie orchards than modern descriptions now suggest.[S1]

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This summary currently draws chiefly from Edible Apples in Prairie Canada.

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“Referenced in Skinner's catalog (1947).”
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3Edible Apples in Prairie Canadaunknown300p16Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).; Source noted: Skinner's catalogue (1947).; ST code indicates a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more.

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3p16description_snippetListed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).Astrachan White STpage_block:0.90
3p16source_reference_abbreviationSource noted: Skinner's catalogue (1947).Astrachan White STpage_block:0.90
3p16taxon_contextST code indicates a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more.Astrachan White STpage_block:0.90

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description_snippetListed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).0.96
source_reference_abbreviationSource noted: Skinner's catalogue (1947).0.95
taxon_contextST code indicates a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more.0.97

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