Origin: in Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada, by Robert Campbell. Introd. in 1942. USPP 608; 23 Nov. 1943; assigned to Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Parentage unknown; selected in 1928. Tree: vigorous; upright, tall; rapid growing; hardy; productive; regular bearing, no longer propagated. Fruit: skin almost solid bright red, thin, tough, glossy, dots whitish; flesh white, streaked with red, very firm, crisp, juicy, mildly subacid; ships well; cooking and dessert uses; ripens early; resembles McIntosh.
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