Origin: in Glenn Dale, Md., by George M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1933. Royal Sovereign × Howard 17; cross made in 1923; selected in 1925. Tree: runner production moderate; resistant to leaf spots and leaf scorch, sensitive to virus diseases; especially productive when late-season runners are removed; grown from southern New England to Maryland and westward to Kansas. Fruit: size medium; wedge to short blunt conic; skin quite bright red, turning dark if not picked and marketed promptly when first ripening; flesh deep red, mildly subacid; excellent dessert quality; ripens in early midseason.
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