This codebook.txt file was generated on 20220307 by James Luby ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title of Dataset Performance and phenotype data for apple and Prunus selections 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 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: 1956-1965 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: AppleandPrunusSelection.pdf Description: Description of performance and phenotype of all University of MInnesota apple selections extant at the Horticultural Research Center (Fruit Breeding Farm) compiled in 1955 by Ted Weir with comments from WH Alderman. Also contains 1) summaries of apple storage tests, 2) descriptions of promising cherry plums (MN 440, MN 447, MN456, and MN556), 3) a document entitled "Information Regarding the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm, Excelsior, Minnesota" that contains a history and description of the facility, number of seedlings and selections being tested in 1965 for all fruit crops, a list of cultivars released as of 1965, and brief descriptions of other research being conducted in 1965. Species included: Fragaria/strawberry; Malus/apple; Malus/crab apple; Prunus cerasifera/cherry-plum; Prunus tomentosa/nanking cherry; Prunus/peach-almond; Prunus/plum Prunus/sand cherry; Pyrus/pear; Ribes/currant; Ribes/gooseberry; Rubus/raspberry; Vitis/grape -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: File contains narrative descriptions of fruit of apple and Prunus selections and ratings after cold storage for apple selections (see page 34 for descriptions of methods). 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.