Origin: in Salisbury, Md., by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md., and Maryland Agr. Expt. Sta., College Park. Introd. in 1964. US 4152 × Stelemaster; cross made in 1952, seedlings. grown at Salisbury, Md. in 1953, selected in 1954 by I C. Haut, G.M. Darrow and D.H. Scott; tested as Md-US 2601. Tree: very vigorous; runners produced freely; resistant to three races of red stele fungus and to verticillium wilt; foliage resistant to leaf scorch and mildew, very susceptible to leaf spot; moderate to very productive in narrow matted rows; most satisfactorily grown in southern midwest U.S. Fruit: size medium; conic, symmetrical, slight neck on secondary and later berries; skin light, bright red that does not darken, glossy; flesh light pink, firm, subacid; dessert quality good but flesh too pale for good frozen pack appearance; ripens early, about with Dixieland.
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