Malus domestica 135,975 claims

species · family Rosaceae · green plant · NCBI Taxonomy ↗

Common name: apple — Also written in claims: apple · apples · apple trees · apple tree · apple fruit · apple cultivars — NCBI synonyms: Malus communis · Malus praecox · Malus pumila auct. · Malus pumila var. domestica · Malus sylvestris var. domestica · Malus x domestica

Listed here with its subspecies, varieties and cultivar groups: Malus domestica subsp. chinensis (4 claims)

612 spellings

Malus domestica
Malus domesticaW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Several thousand successful crosses were made, mostly in apples.

Outcome
successful crossese0
Value
several thousande0

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“several thousand successful crosses were made during the past season, mostly upon apples”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 69–157

Title

The work in crossing

Alain Crozier Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) 1888

Other claims from this paper (1)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

About one thousand seeds representing nearly fifty varieties were preserved.

Outcome
seeds of these crossese0
Value
About one thousande0
Qualifier
nearly fifty varietiese0

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e0

“About one thousand seeds of these crosses, representing nearly fifty varieties, are now preserved in damp sand”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 159–269
e1

“mostly upon apples”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 139–157

Title

The work in crossing

Alain Crozier Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) 1888

Other claims from this paper (1)
Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

The worm spread over a large area after appearing on Rich Mountain.

Taxon
APPLE TREEMalus domesticat0
Interactor
Eugonia subsignaria Pack.e1pest
Outcome
spread over a large area, doing great damagee0
Setting
Rich Mountaine0

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“the worm made its appearance upon Rich Mountain, a spur of the Blue Ridge, about four years ago, attacking forest and fruit trees; and that it had since spread over a large area, doing great damage”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 736–933
e1

“The insect complained of is Eugonia subsignaria Pack.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 271–324
t0

“APPLE TREE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 6–16

Title

A NEW APPLE TREE PEST

Charles R. Dodge The Canadian Entomologist 1882. doi:10.4039/ent1430-2

Other claims from this paper (2)
Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Apple trees were defoliated in June.

Taxon
Apple treesMalus domesticae0
Organ / stage
leavese0
Interactor
Eugonia subsignaria Pack.e1pest
Outcome
destitute of leavese0
Qualifier
June laste0

Verbatim

e0

“Apple trees in June last were as destitute of leaves as in mid-winter”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 935–1004
e1

“The insect complained of is Eugonia subsignaria Pack.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 271–324

Title

A NEW APPLE TREE PEST

Charles R. Dodge The Canadian Entomologist 1882. doi:10.4039/ent1430-2

Other claims from this paper (2)
Observationobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Apple fruit grew only to marble size and fell.

Taxon
APPLE TREEMalus domesticat0
Organ / stage
fruite0
Interactor
Eugonia subsignaria Pack.e1pest
Outcome
fruit growing to the size of marbles and falling offe0

Verbatim

e0

“the fruit growing to the size of marbles and falling off”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1006–1062
t0

“APPLE TREE”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 6–16
e1

“The insect complained of is Eugonia subsignaria Pack.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 271–324

Title

A NEW APPLE TREE PEST

Charles R. Dodge The Canadian Entomologist 1882. doi:10.4039/ent1430-2

Other claims from this paper (2)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Transposed bark from apple and crab-tree branches formed a vital union.

Organ / stage
barke0
Outcome
a vital union was securede0
Qualifier
transposed from tree to tree in the springe0

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e0

“Equal portions of bark from several branches of an apple and a crab-tree were removed by circular incisions, and transposed from tree to tree in the spring; and a vital union was secured by bandages, and by a plaster of bees’ wax and turpentine.”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 357–602

Title

On the inconvertibility of bark into alburnum. By Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F. R. S. In a letter to Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S

Thomas Andrew Knight Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1832. doi:10.1098/rspl.1800.0157

Other claims from this paper (1)
Observationobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Bark was reproduced on apple following the covered decortication experiments.

Treatment
decorticated alburnum is secluded from the aire1
Outcome
bark of some species of trees is readily re-producede1

Not reportedDirection

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e0

“the apple, the sycamore, and some other trees, with the same result”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 810–877
e1

“the bark of some species of trees is readily re-produced when the decorticated alburnum is secluded from the air”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 651–763

Title

On the formation of the bark of trees. In a letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. F. R. S. to the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, K. B. P. R. S. &c

Thomas Andrew Knight Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1832. doi:10.1098/rspl.1800.0141

Other claims from this paper (2)
Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Many of the stocks, after repeated grafting from successive trees, inherited all the diseases of the parent trees.

Treatment
grafts and buds taken from thesee4
Outcome
all the diseases of the parent treese3
Qualifier
many of these stockse2

Verbatim

e1

“those varieties of the apple and pear which have been long in cultivation”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 187–260
e2

“I was surprised to find that many of these stocks”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1995–2044
e3

“all the diseases of the parent trees”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 2057–2093
e4

“I again inserted grafts and buds taken from these on other young stocks”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1572–1643

Title

XIV. Observations on the grafting of trees. In a letter from Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq. to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart P. R. S

Thomas Andrew Knight Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1795. doi:10.1098/rstl.1795.0017

Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Pollen from a different apple species changes the fruit.

Organ / stage
Fruite0
Outcome
Change in the Fruite0
Qualifier
differing Speciese0

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“When the Farina of one Apple impregnates another’s Blossom of differing Species, we see the Change in the Fruit”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 9–120

Title

IV. Part of a letter from Mr. Benj Cooke, F. R. S. To Mr. Peter Collinson, F. R. S. concerning the effects of the mixture of the farina of apple-trees; and of the Mayze or Indian corn: of a child born with the jaundice upon it, received from its father; and of the mother taking the same distemper from her husband, the next time of being with child

Benjamin Cooke Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1749. doi:10.1098/rstl.1749.0039

Intervention effectauthor interpretationoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Farina from a smooth-coat apple was reported to change a rough-coat apple to its likeness.

Organ / stage
Flowere1
Treatment
Farina of the latere0
Outcome
changing the former into its own Dress and Likenesse0
Comparator
rough-coat Applee1

Not reportedDirection

Verbatim

e0

“the Farina of the later changing the former into its own Dress and Likeness”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 182–257
e1

“Farina of a rough-coat Apple striking on the Flower of a smooth-coat”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 75–143
t0

“apples”

✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 96–102

Title

IV. A letter from Benj. Cooke F. R. S. To Peter Collinson, F. R. S. Concerning a mixed breed of apples, from the mixture of the farina

Benjamin Cooke Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 1748. doi:10.1098/rstl.1748.0070