Fruit is medium-large, red, crisp, juicy, and aromatic. Red flushed skin over a yellow background.
Common Uses
Eating apple
Origin
Bred by the PRI disease resistant apple breeding program in 1958, USA. Ancestry includes Rome Beauty, Melba, Golden Delicious, Wealthy.
Pollination
Diploid. Pollinised by other mid-season flowering apples.
Chill Hours
Blossom Time
Early to mid-season, just before Golden Delicious.
Harvest Time
Early season
Production Notes
Fruit doesn't keep well, either on the tree or in the fridge for any length of time. Best eaten fresh within a week or two of ripening. Tree is spur-bearing.
Disease Susceptibility
This apple used to be highly resistant to black spot and powdery mildew, however it is now less resistant to black spot as the fungus has evolved around that resistance. Some resistance to cedar apple rust, fire blight, and mildew.
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