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Usage Facet: class=mixed; edible_score=4.0; ornamental_score=1.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
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Wakapa Golden is a golden currant selection of Ribes odoratum noted in 1939. It was grown from native yellow fruited material gathered at Cottonwood, South Dakota. [S1] In Hansen's bulletin, it is one of several named golden currants selected from western South Dakota material, where yellow fruited plants were noted as a regional variation from the more common black fruited form. [S1]
The fruit is described as yellow, about 3/8 inch across, and pleasant subacid in flavor. [S1] The selection was also noted as a heavy bearer, suggesting value beyond its unusual color. [S1] The bulletin's broader description of golden currant says the species bears smooth fruit of excellent quality for fresh use or preserves. This places Wakapa Golden within that edible and useful currant tradition, even though its own entry is brief. [S1]
The cited source gives no specific ripening season, storage record, plant habit, or disease notes for Wakapa Golden. [S1] Hardiness is also not stated directly, but its origin from native material gathered in western South Dakota places it in the hardy northern Plains context that shaped Hansen's introductions and evaluations. [S1]
Wakapa Golden is part of the South Dakota Experiment Station effort to recognize and name hardy fruit selections from local and northern material. [S1] The bulletin notes that the golden currant selection names were taken from the Sioux language, giving Wakapa Golden both cultural and horticultural identity. [S1]
Summary source basis
This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest.
Featured source descriptions
“Grown from native golden currants gathered at Cottonwood, South Dakota.”
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“Indexed entry with reference to Bulletin 339, page 27.”
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“Pleasant subacid.”
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“Aheavy bearer.”
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| Document | Title/URL | Rights | Claims | Relationships | History Events | Pages | Snippets |
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| 1 | New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest | unknown | 8 | 0 | 0 | p28 | Wakapa Golden: yellow; {"cultivar_name":"Wakapa Golden","year":1939,"heading_raw":"WAKAPA golden","locations":["Cottonwood, South Dakota"],"crosses":[],"fruit_size_mentions":[],"color_mentions":["yellow"],"morphology_ter |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
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| 1 | p28 | verbatim_quote | Aheavy bearer | Aheavy bearer | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p28 | verbatim_quote | Fruit yellow, pleasant subacid, Ys inches across | Fruit yellow, pleasant subacid, Ys inches across | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p28 | verbatim_quote | Grown from native golqen currants gathered at Cottonwood, South Dakota | Grown from native golqen currants gathered at Cottonwood, South Dakota | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p28 | verbatim_quote | WAKAPA golden currant-1939 | WAKAPA golden currant-1939 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
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| fruit_color | yellow | 0.55 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"Wakapa Golden","year":1939,"heading_raw":"WAKAPA golden","locations":["Cottonwood, South Dakota"],"crosses":[],"fruit_size_mentions":[],"color_mentions":["yellow"],"morphology_terms":[],"pedigree_phrase | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | A heavy bearer | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Fruit yellow, pleasant subacid, Ys inches across | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Grown from native golqen currants gathered at Cottonwood, South Dakota | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | WAKAPA golden currant-1939 | 0.97 |
| entry_location | Cottonwood, South Dakota | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1939 | 0.92 |
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