Origin: in Beltsville, Md.,by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the Virginia Truck Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1953. Tennessee Shipper × Midland; cross made in 1946; selected in 1948; tested as US-3745. Tree: vigorous; very productive; makes runners freely; has shown no yellow variegation, susceptible to red stele root rot and verticillium wilt; resistant to leaf scorch, partially so to leaf spot in the south; introduced for the northern Blakemore area, from Norfolk, Va., to southern New England and to Missouri. Fruit: large, maintaining better size throughout the picking season than Blakemore; blunt conic, fairly uniform; skin medium to deep red, glossy, attractive, tough; achenes slightly sunken; flesh red, medium firm, about as firm, as Blakemore, very tart; dessert quality good; very good for freezing; ripens early, about 1 week after Blakemore.
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