Origin: in Urbana, Ill., by A.S. Colby, Ill. Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1950. Redstar × Pathfinder; cross made in 1941; selected in 1943; sibling of Plentiful. Tree: resistant to red-stele root rot, leaf spot, leaf blight, and leaf scorch; vigorous; productive; runners produced freely; some stocks troubled by variegation. Fruit: large; short blunt conic, irregular; skin bright vermilion red, attractive; achenes yellow; flesh pale red, subacid; high dessert quality; ripens in midseason with Howard 17; resembles Pathfinder.
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