Cultivar 64: Wecota

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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=2.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no

Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 19 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0

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Claim Types: description_snippet:2, flavor_profile:2, breeding_cross:1, fruit_size:1, release_year_reference:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON

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Wecota is a cold-climate fruit cultivar introduced in 1929 ^[1], with reported parentage Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple ^[1].

Reported parentage includes Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple ^[1].

Reported fruit characteristics: size notes include 2 inches ^[1]; flavor/cooking notes include flavor ^[1]; flavor acid; not very acerb ^[1].

This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest.

Selected source quotations

“Fruits of Wecota kept frozen solid outdoors until February 4, 1939, lost their acerbity when cooked; the flesh was of the consistency and color of baked apples and was mildly acid and quite edible”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p19

“Fruit two inches in diameter; cylindrical to round truncated, yellow green; skin unctuous; flavor acid; not very acerb”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p19

“It indicates that this is a fruit that can stand severe freezing”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p19

Parentage

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Parentage claim text

Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple

Story Highlights

Source-story quotations

Fruits of Wecota kept frozen solid outdoors until February 4, 1939, lost their acerbity when cooked; the flesh was of the consistency and color of baked apples and was mildly acid and quite edibleNew Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p19
Fruit two inches in diameter; cylindrical to round truncated, yellow green; skin unctuous; flavor acid; not very acerbNew Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p19
It indicates that this is a fruit that can stand severe freezingNew Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p19
Cooks up softer than the others and with less wild crab flavorNew Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p19

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Cold Hardiness

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Citation Drawer (Top Supporting Sources)

Document	Title/URL	Rights	Claims	Relationships	History Events	Pages	Snippets
1	New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest	unknown	19	0	0	p19	Wecota: Cooks up softer than the others and with less wild crab flavor.; Wecota: Fruit two inches in diameter; cylindrical to round truncated, yellow green; skin unctuous; flavor acid; not very acerb.; Wecota: flavor; We

Citation Evidence (Page-Linked Quotes)

Document	Page	Claim Type	Claim	Quote	Match
1	p19	verbatim_quote	It indicates that this is a fruit that can stand severe freezing	It indicates that this is a fruit that can stand severe freezing	normalized_exact:1.00
1	p19	verbatim_quote	Fruits of Wecota kept frozen solid outdoors until February 4, 1939, lost their acerbity when cooked; the flesh was of the consistency and color of baked apples and was mildly acid	Fruits of Wecota kept frozen solid outdoors until February 4, 1939, lost their acerbity when cooked; the flesh was of the consistency and color of baked apples and was mildly acid and quite edible	normalized_exact:1.00
1	p19	verbatim_quote	Cooks up softer than the others and with less wild crab flavor	Cooks up softer than the others and with less wild crab flavor	normalized_exact:1.00
1	p19	verbatim_quote	Fruit two inches in diameter; cylindrical to round truncated, yellow green; skin unctuous; flavor acid; not very acerb	Fruit two inches in diameter; cylindrical to round truncated, yellow green; skin unctuous; flavor acid; not very acerb	normalized_exact:1.00
1	p19	verbatim_quote	Awinter crab for the far North	Awinter crab for the far North	normalized_exact:1.00
1	p19	verbatim_quote	Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple	Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple	normalized_exact:1.00
1	p19	verbatim_quote	WEcOTA wild crabapple- 1929	WEcOTA wild crabapple- 1929	normalized_exact:1.00

Nursery Offering Timeline

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Evidence Claims

Type	Claim	Confidence
description_snippet	Cooks up softer than the others and with less wild crab flavor.	0.54
description_snippet	Fruit two inches in diameter; cylindrical to round truncated, yellow green; skin unctuous; flavor acid; not very acerb.	0.54
flavor_profile	flavor	0.57
flavor_profile	flavor acid; not very acerb	0.57
fruit_size	2 inches	0.58
entry_pedigree	Waziya: Sister to Wecota and Wetonka	0.88
entry_hardiness_observation	It indicates that this is a fruit that can stand severe freezing	0.88
entry_hardiness_observation	Fruits of Wecota kept frozen solid outdoors until February 4, 1939, lost their acerbity when cooked; the flesh was of the consistency and color of baked apples and was mildly acid and quite edible	0.88
entry_hardiness_observation	A winter crab for the far North	0.88
structured_entry_json	{"cultivar_name":"Wecota","year":1929,"heading_raw":"WEcOTA wild","locations":[],"crosses":["Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple"],"fruit_size_mentions":["2 inches"],"color_mentions":["yellow green"],"morpholog	0.95
verbatim_quote	It indicates that this is a fruit that can stand severe freezing	0.97
verbatim_quote	Fruits of Wecota kept frozen solid outdoors until February 4, 1939, lost their acerbity when cooked; the flesh was of the consistency and color of baked apples and was mildly acid and quite edible	0.97
verbatim_quote	Cooks up softer than the others and with less wild crab flavor	0.97
verbatim_quote	Fruit two inches in diameter; cylindrical to round truncated, yellow green; skin unctuous; flavor acid; not very acerb	0.97
verbatim_quote	A winter crab for the far North	0.97
verbatim_quote	Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple	0.97
verbatim_quote	WEcOTA wild crabapple- 1929	0.97
breeding_cross	Nevis wild crab x Northwestern Greening apple	0.90
release_year_reference	1929	0.92

History Events

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