Origin: in Hood River, Ore., by Clifford S. Misuyo and George Nakamura. Introd. in 1973. USPP 3182; 23 May 1972; assigned to Carlton Nursery, Forest Grove, Ore., and C & O Nursery, Wenatchee, Wash. Limb sport of Starking Delicious, discovered in 1963. Tree: large, spreading, vigorous, hardy; regularly productive. Fruit: large; uniform; conical, angular; skin colors earlier than Starking Delicious, distinct stripes by mid-July, with solid red appearance about 1 month before maturity; flesh satiny white with greenish tint, juicy, firm; ripens 25 Sept. to 5 Oct. at Hood River.