Apple scab (Venturia inaequalis) resistant with attractive fruit, excellent flavor, long storage life. Origin. INRA, Angers, France, by F. Laurens, Y. Lespinasse, and A. Fouillet. P7R25A27 (Florina × Priam) × P21R4A30 (Golden Delicious × unknown); cross made in 1979; selected in 1988; tested as X6407. Origin: Tree: very vigorous with little branching; annual cropping with tendency to have clusters of small fruit on old branches making thinning necessary; resistant to apple scab races 1-5 with Vf gene but susceptible to race 6; some resistance to fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and powdery mildew (Podosphaera leucotricha); susceptible to rosy apple aphid (Dysaphis plantaginea). Fruit: matures with Golden Delicious; medium; flat-globose; skin 75-100% bright red over yellow ground color with many conspicuous lenticels and russet sometimes present in stem end; firm, crisp, and juicy flesh; stores 7 months; early harvested fruit can show storage scald.
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