Origin: in Auchincruive, Ayr, Scotland, by Robert D. Reid, Scottish Hort. Res. Inst. (West of Scotland Unit). Introd. in 1966. Auchincruive seedling 50X5 [seedling 6M17 (Temple selfed) × seedling 11 (Aberdeen open)] × Cambridge Vigour; cross made in 1957; tested as Breeder's no. 57E28 and Brogdale A.45. Tree: large to very large; vigorous, upright; leaflets usually broader than long; flowers not liable to frost damage; resistant to red core (Phytophthora fragariae), susceptible to mildew in dry areas. Fruit: large to medium; bluntly conical with rounded apex; skin light to dark red, bright but darkens after picking, shiny, slightly pitted; flesh white in center suffused with pink towards exterior, fairly firm, crisp; flavor sweet, very pleasant; ripens slightly earlier than Redgauntlet.
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