Origin: in Salisbury, Md., by D.H. Scott and George M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Beltsville, Md., and W.F. Jeffers, Maryland Agr. Expt. Sta., College Park. Introd. in 1956. Fairland × MarylandUS-1972; raised in 1950; selected in 1951 tested as Md. US-2233. Tree: large; very vigorous; produces many runners; drought resistant; resistant to several races of red stele, fairly resistant to verticillium wilt; very productive in narrow matted rows. Tested from Pennsylvania and New York to southern Virginia and westward to Ohio; most useful in red-stele infested soils because of resistance to more than one race of red stele; leaves resistant to mildew, leaf scorch, and leaf spot. Fruit: large, maintaining this large size during the picking season; round conic, irregular; skin attractive, glossy, tough, light bright red that becomes a rich red but does not turn dark; achenes yellow, even with the surface; flesh light red, firm; flavor tart, good; rated as good for dessert, satisfactory for frozen pack; matures in midseason, about with Fairland and Temple.
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