Origin: in Muncheberg, Mark, Germany, at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institut by the Max Planck Institut f. Züchtungsforschung (Friedrich Gruber), Koln-Vogelsang. Introd. in 1951 in Germany and somewhat later in the U.S. and Canada. German patent 645 300; assigned to Christian Fey, Meckheim. Amerikanischer Samling II (Geneva) × Deutsch Evern; selected in 1936. Tree: vigor medium; habit spreading; foliage yellow-green, petioles and young leaves pubescent; some tolerance to virus; susceptible to mildew. Fruit: size medium; skin glossy, light to medium red; ripens early, about 2 days before Deutsch Evern; achenes only slightly depressed; broad; flesh firm, pink to light red, slightly acid, aromatic; not useful as processed fruit but excellent as fresh fruit.
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