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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: 16 | History events: 0 | Catalog issue offerings: 0
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Claim Types: breeding_cross:2, release_year_reference:1 | Open evidence summary JSON | Open citation drawer JSON
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S. D. Ben is a cold-climate fruit cultivar introduced in 1938 [1], with reported parentage striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom [1].
Reported parentage includes striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom [1]; Jonathan apple x Tony crab [1].
This summary currently draws chiefly from New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest.
Selected source quotations
“Fruit two inches across, nearly all covered with red, striped and mixed over yellow ground with white bloom”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p10
“Flesh white, very firm, juicy, a pleasant, lively subacid; cooks tender into sauce of excellent quality”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p10
“This makes it one-half Jonathan, one-fourth baccata crab, one-fourth MacMahon White apple”
— New Hardy Fruits for the Northwest, p10
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| 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 | 16 | 0 | 0 | p10 | S. D. Ben: Basin is flat, mi�utely wrinkled; {"cultivar_name":"S. D. Ben","year":1938,"heading_raw":"S. D. BEN","locations":[],"crosses":["Jonathan apple x Tony crab","striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bl |
| Document | Page | Claim Type | Claim | Quote | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Season evidently winter | Season evidently winter | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | The fruit was not fully colored the last of August | The fruit was not fully colored the last of August | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | An annual bearer | An annual bearer | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | The sauce is yellow; the slices retain their shape but are tender | The sauce is yellow; the slices retain their shape but are tender | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Flesh white, very firm, juicy, a pleasant, lively subacid; cooks tender into sauce of excellent quality | Flesh white, very firm, juicy, a pleasant, lively subacid; cooks tender into sauce of excellent quality | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Basin is flat, mi�utely wrinkled | Basin is flat, mi�utely wrinkled | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | The yellow ground is very light and clear | The yellow ground is very light and clear | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Fruit two inches across, nearly all covered with red, striped and mixed over yellow ground with white bloom | Fruit two inches across, nearly all covered with red, striped and mixed over yellow ground with white bloom | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | This makes it one-half Jonathan, one-fourth baccata crab, one-fourth MacMahon White apple | This makes it one-half Jonathan, one-fourth baccata crab, one-fourth MacMahon White apple | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | Jonathan apple x Tony crab | Jonathan apple x Tony crab | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| 1 | p10 | verbatim_quote | BEN crabapple-1938 | BEN crabapple-1938 | normalized_exact:1.00 |
| Year | Nursery | Catalog Issue | Relation |
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| Relation | Type | ID | Label |
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| Type | Claim | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| entry_basin_calyx | Basin is flat, mi�utely wrinkled | 0.88 |
| structured_entry_json | {"cultivar_name":"S. D. Ben","year":1938,"heading_raw":"S. D. BEN","locations":[],"crosses":["Jonathan apple x Tony crab","striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom"],"fruit_size_mentions":["2 inches"],"col | 0.95 |
| verbatim_quote | Season evidently winter | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The fruit was not fully colored the last of August | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | An annual bearer | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The sauce is yellow; the slices retain their shape but are tender | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Flesh white, very firm, juicy, a pleasant, lively subacid; cooks tender into sauce of excellent quality | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Basin is flat, mi�utely wrinkled | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | The yellow ground is very light and clear | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Fruit two inches across, nearly all covered with red, striped and mixed over yellow ground with white bloom | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | This makes it one-half Jonathan, one-fourth baccata crab, one-fourth MacMahon White apple | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | Jonathan apple x Tony crab | 0.97 |
| verbatim_quote | BEN crabapple-1938 | 0.97 |
| breeding_cross | striped and mi x ed over yellow ground with white bloom | 0.90 |
| breeding_cross | Jonathan apple x Tony crab | 0.90 |
| release_year_reference | 1938 | 0.92 |
| ID | Type | Year | Label |
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| No history events. | |||