This codebook.txt file was generated on 20210125 by James Luby ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset Apple Cultivar and Selection Performance between 1945 and 1955 at Mayo Forestry and Horticulture Institute in Rochester, MN: Preliminary Test Volumes 1-2 2. Author Information University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center 600 Arboretum Blvd., Excelsior MN 55331 Since the data was collected over large periods of time, it is unclear who authored each page/dataset. Leadership at the Horticultural Research Center/Fruit Breeding Farm (HRC) has been documented in a few publications, including: Snyder, Leon C. 1983. History of the Department of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture, 1849-1982. University of Minnesota. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/93379. Luby, James. 1991. Breeding Cold-hardy Fruit Crops in Minnesota. HortScience 26(5): 507-512. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.26.5.507 Luby, James and Anne Fennell. 2006. Fruit Breeding for the Northern Great Plains at the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State University. HortScience 41(1): 25-26. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.41.1.25 Luby, James. 2009. 100 Years of Fruit Crops Breeding at the University of Minnesota. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11299/206527 3. Date of data collection: 1945-1955 4. Geographic location of data collection: University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center (previously Fruit Breeding Farm) at 44.867793 N,-93.635015 W 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Mainly Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station and Department of Horticultural Science (older names were Department of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture and Department of Horticulture). -------------------------- SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) 2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: Many publications by researchers at the Horticultural Research Center have utilized the fruit breeding data. --------------------- DATA & FILE OVERVIEW --------------------- 1. File List A. Filename:1A apple prelim test-1.pdf Description: Phenotype/testing records for Apple. Mostly named cultivars, some UMN selections B. Filename: 1A apple prelim test-2.pdf Description: Phenotype/testing records for Apple. Mostly named cultivars, some UMN selections 2. Relationship between files: The trial data are contained in two volumes that are part of the same collection. -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Trees of cultivars and advanced University of Minnesota breeding selections were planted in 1945 in a trial at the Mayo Forestry and Horticulture Institute in Rochester, MN. Observations as described at the front of volume 1 were collected annually on several tree traits until 1955 when the trial was discontinued. 2. People involved with data collection: As stated above, since the data was collected over large periods of time, it is unclear who authored each page/dataset. Leadership at the Horticultural Research Center/Fruit Breeding Farm has been documented in a few publications, including: Snyder, Leon C. 1983. History of the Department of Horticultural Science and Landscape Architecture, 1849-1982. University of Minnesota. Retrieved from the University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy, http://hdl.handle.net/11299/93379. Luby, James. 1991. Breeding Cold-hardy Fruit Crops in Minnesota. HortScience 26(5): 507-512. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.26.5.507 Luby, James and Anne Fennell. 2006. Fruit Breeding for the Northern Great Plains at the University of Minnesota and South Dakota State University. HortScience 41(1): 25-26. https://doi.org/10.21273/HORTSCI.41.1.25 Luby, James. 2009. 100 Years of Fruit Crops Breeding at the University of Minnesota. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11299/206527 ----------------------------------------- DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION ----------------------------------------- The files in this collection are scans of original research documents generated and housed at the University of Minnesota Horticultural Research Center, formerly called the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm from 1908-1967.