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Usage Facet: class=edible; edible_score=3.0; ornamental_score=0.0; inferred_from_taxon=no
Relationships: 0 | Linked Entities (visible): 0 | Evidence claims: 27 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: breeding_cross:3, culinary_use:2, description_snippet:2, fruit_size:2, productivity:2, release_year_reference:2, flavor_profile:1, fruit_color:1, selection_origin_reference:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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Sapinia is a cold-climate fruit cultivar introduced in S. D. Ben: 1938 [1], with origin/location noted as Virginia crab [1]; with reported parentage S. D. Ben: striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom [1].
Reported parentage includes S. D. Ben: striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom [1]; S. D. Ben: Jonathan apple x Tony crab [1].
Reported fruit characteristics: size notes include S. D. Ben: 2 inches [1]; 2 inches [1]; color notes include S. D. Ben: white [1]; flavor/cooking notes include Flavor subacid [1]; productivity notes include S. D. Ben: annual bearer [1]; productive at the Experiment Station at Morden, Manitoba [1].
This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest.
Selected source quotations
“One of the forerunners of a new race of hybrid apples in which the cultivated apple instead of the Siberian crab is the female parent”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p10
“Sapinia is hardy and productive at the Experiment Station at Morden, Manitoba”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p10
“Fruit thinly washed with dull red, almost two inches in diameter”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p10
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest | unknown | 27 | 0 | 0 | p10 | S. D. Ben: Basin is flat, mi�utely wrinkled; S. D. Ben: striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom; S. D. Ben: 1938; S. D. Ben: Flesh white, very firm, juicy, a pleasant, lively subacid; cooks tender into sa |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Sapinia is hardy and productive at the Experiment Station at Morden, Manitoba | Sapinia is hardy and productive at the Experiment Station at Morden, Manitoba | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Season late fall | Season late fall | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Flavor subacid | Flavor subacid | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Fruit thinly washed with dull red, almost two inches in diameter | Fruit thinly washed with dull red, almost two inches in diameter | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | One of the forerunners of a new race of hybrid apples in which the cultivated apple instead of the Siberian crab is the female parent | One of the forerunners of a new race of hybrid apples in which the cultivated apple instead of the Siberian crab is the female parent | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | The name is made up from these two names | The name is made up from these two names | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | This is a seedling of Winesap apple topgrafted on Virginia crab | This is a seedling of Winesap apple topgrafted on Virginia crab | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | SAPINIA crabapple-1920 | SAPINIA crabapple-1920 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| entry_basin_calyx | S. D. Ben: Basin is flat, mi�utely wrinkled | 0.88 |
| breeding_cross | S. D. Ben: striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | S. D. Ben: 1938 | 0.92 |
| description_snippet | S. D. Ben: Flesh white, very firm, juicy, a pleasant, lively subacid; cooks tender into sauce of excellent quality. | 0.54 |
| culinary_use | S. D. Ben: sauce is yellow; the slices retain their shape but are tender | 0.56 |
| culinary_use | S. D. Ben: sauce of excellent quality | 0.56 |
| productivity | S. D. Ben: annual bearer | 0.56 |
| fruit_size | S. D. Ben: 2 inches | 0.58 |
| fruit_color | S. D. Ben: white | 0.55 |
| breeding_cross | S. D. Ben: Jonathan apple x Tony crab | 0.90 |
| description_snippet | Sapinia is hardy and productive at the Experiment Station at Morden, Manitoba | 0.54 |
| productivity | productive at the Experiment Station at Morden, Manitoba | 0.56 |
| flavor_profile | Flavor subacid | 0.57 |
| fruit_size | 2 inches | 0.58 |
| selection_origin_reference | Virginia crab | 0.57 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"Sapinia","year":1920,"heading_raw":"SAPINIA","locations":["Morden, Manitoba"],"crosses":["Sapinia is hardy and productive at the E x periment Station at Morden"],"fruit_size_mentions":["2 inches"],"colo | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | Sapinia is hardy and productive at the Experiment Station at Morden, Manitoba | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Season late fall | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Flavor subacid | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Fruit thinly washed with dull red, almost two inches in diameter | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | One of the forerunners of a new race of hybrid apples in which the cultivated apple instead of the Siberian crab is the female parent | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The name is made up from these two names | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | This is a seedling of Winesap apple topgrafted on Virginia crab | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | SAPINIA crabapple-1920 | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | Sapinia is hardy and productive at the E x periment Station at Morden | 0.90 |
| entry_location | Morden, Manitoba | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1920 | 0.92 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
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