Origin: in Fruitland, Idaho, by Fruitland Nursery. Not introduced commercially. Bud mutation of Delicious, discovered previous to 1950. Tree: size and shape same as Delicious; less productive than Delicious. Recommended for possible tetraploid parent. Fruit: 3 1/2 to 4 inches in diam.; less conic and more blocky than Delicious; skin blush, faintly striped; more bitter pit than Delicious; 2-4-4 periclinal cytochimera, chimeral nature determined by H. Dermen, confirmed by J. Einset and C. Pratt at the New York State Agr. Expt. Sta.; ripens 10 Oct. in Geneva, N.Y.
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