Origin: in Pateros, Wash., by Calvin L. Cooper. Introd. in 1966. USPP 2606; 15 Mar. 1966; assigned to Columbia Basin Nursery, Quincy, Wash., Heath Nursery, Brewster, Wash., and May Nursery, Yakima, Wash. Parentage uncertain, possible bud mutation of Wellspur Delicious; discovered in 1960. Tree: semi-dwarf; spur-type; upright habit; very productive; early bearing. Fruit: resembles Top Red; 3 3/8 inches in diam.; skin smooth, thick, tough, waxy, red with pin stripes, becoming darker as fruit ripens with blushed effect; colors 10 to 14 days earlier than Starkspur and has more intense blush; fruit that drop about thinning time are already partly pigmented; flesh creamy white, tinged with carmine and sea-foam yellow, juicy, fine-grained and crisp.
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