This codebook.txt file was generated on 20220307 by James Luby ------------------- GENERAL INFORMATION ------------------- 1. Title Fruit descriptions for University of Minnesota apple and plum selections, from 1955-1966 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: 1955-1966 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: FruitDescriptions1955.pdf Description: Descriptions of fruit and ripening season for all University of Minnesota apple selections (MN 90 to MN1637) extant at the Horticultural Research Center (Fruit Breeding Farm) as of December 1955. Locations of plantings for each selection are also provided in Block-Row-Tree format. Species included: Fragaria/strawberry; Malus/apple; Malus/crab apple; Prunus tomentosa/nanking cherry; Prunus/peach; Prunus/plum; Pyrus/pear; Ribes/currant; Ribes/gooseberry; Rubus/raspberry; Vitis/grape B. Filename: FruitDescriptions1966.pdf Description: A compilation of several documents: Detailed descriptions of UMN apple selections and some cultivars growing at the Horticultural Research Center from 1955-1966. List of best apple selections in 1962 and 1963. Reports of apple and plum selection performance from testers in Wyndmere, ND and Grand Rapids, MN. A small amount of information about other fruits. Records of sampling of apple fruits at the Minnesota Fruit Growers Assn meetings. Performance of Prunus selections at Morden, Manitoba. Species included: Fragaria/strawberry; Malus/apple; Malus/crab apple; Prunus tomentosa/nanking cherry; Prunus/peach; Prunus/plum; Pyrus/pear; Ribes/currant; Ribes/gooseberry; Rubus/raspberry; Vitis/grape 2. Relationship between files: The various files contain descriptions and evaluations of various fruits from the Horticultural Research Center and several other locations. -------------------------- METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION -------------------------- 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: Narrative data and ratings (1x =poor quality to 5x = outstanding quality) for apple and prunus selections. The better selections are compiled into separate lists. 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.