Origin: in Muncheberg, Mark, Germany, by Friedrich Gruber, at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut by the Planck Institut f. Züchtungsforschung, Kohn-Vogelsang, Germany. Introd. in 1951 in Germany and somewhat later in the U.S. and Canada. German patent 623151; assigned to O. Macherauch Gr. Minmelage. Amerikanischer Samling II (Geneva) × Deutsch Evern; selected in 1936. Tree: high yielding ability; resistant to late frosts (flowers protected under leaves); subject to mildew; tolerant of poor soils and fall drought. Fruit: size medium; flesh medium firm, light to medium red; resembles Deutsch Evern; ripens early; easily picked.
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