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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: 11 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Evidence Badge: emerging | claims=11 | sources=1 | contradictions=0
Claim Types: anecdote_snippet:1, breeder_reference:1, description_snippet:1, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, fruit_size:1, keeping_quality:1, selection_origin_reference:1, source_reference_abbreviation:1, taxon_context:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Christmas Red is listed as a standard apple cultivar. The fruit are about 5.2 cm, have a heavily red blush, and are described as a good dessert apple that keeps after harvest [S1].
Its origin is not clear in the sources. The packet gives parentage as unknown. Sources place material in the Lloyd context and include both "Lloyd 1950" and an introduction year of 1960, while another source names John Lloyd's Fruit Nursery in Saskatchewan as the introducer in 1960; these likely reflect a date or naming conflict [S1][S2]. The same notes say Lloyd was testing material from Morden and had lost the original name [S1].
The packet gives no tree-orchard behavior details. There are no reported notes on vigor, growth habit, yield pattern, crop regularity, pruning response, or major diseases [S1][S2].
No hardiness zone is stated for Christmas Red. Its appearance in Prairie Canada references gives geographic context but no direct cold-hardiness rating [S1][S2].
For lineage, parentage is unknown and no sibling, descendant, or breeding-chain information is listed. The record is best treated as an independently named selection with incomplete pedigree data [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
“Lloyd was testing material from Morden but lost the original name.”
— [1]
“Origin listed as unknown.”
— [2]
“Good dessert quality.”
— [1]
“Lloyd thought it made a nice ornament at Christmas time.”
— [1]
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Taxonomy context: No family-tree context surfaced yet.
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Zone assertions are structured rows. Hardiness claim text appears in evidence claims and page-linked citations.
| Zone Min | Zone Max | Zone Text | Assertion Type | Outcome | Location | Confidence |
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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 | 11 | 0 | 0 | p23 | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more).; Reference cited: Coutts (1991).; It was thought to make a nice ornament at Christmas time.; Lloyd was testing material from Morden but lost the o |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | p23 | description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | source_reference_abbreviation | Reference cited: Coutts (1991). | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | anecdote_snippet | It was thought to make a nice ornament at Christmas time. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | selection_origin_reference | Lloyd was testing material from Morden but lost the original name. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | flavor_profile | Good dessert quality. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | keeping_quality | Keeper. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | fruit_color | Highly colored with red blush. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | fruit_size | Fruit 5.2 cm. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | taxon_context | Classified as ST, meaning a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | breeder_reference | Associated with Lloyd; dated 1950, introduced 1960. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
| 3 | p23 | entry_pedigree | Parentage or original identity is unknown. | Christmas Red (unknown) Lloyd 1950 (intro 1960) ST | page_block:0.90 |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| description_snippet | Listed as a standard apple (standard apple, fruit 5 cm diameter or more). | 0.96 |
| source_reference_abbreviation | Reference cited: Coutts (1991). | 0.85 |
| anecdote_snippet | It was thought to make a nice ornament at Christmas time. | 0.90 |
| selection_origin_reference | Lloyd was testing material from Morden but lost the original name. | 0.91 |
| flavor_profile | Good dessert quality. | 0.92 |
| keeping_quality | Keeper. | 0.94 |
| fruit_color | Highly colored with red blush. | 0.95 |
| fruit_size | Fruit 5.2 cm. | 0.97 |
| taxon_context | Classified as ST, meaning a standard apple with fruit 5 cm diameter or more. | 0.98 |
| breeder_reference | Associated with Lloyd; dated 1950, introduced 1960. | 0.94 |
| entry_pedigree | Parentage or original identity is unknown. | 0.95 |
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