Origin: in Manistee, Mich., by Thomas Elwood Graham, Manistee Orchard Co. Introd. in 1936. USPP 278; 17 May 1938; assigned to Greening Nursery Co., Monroe, Mich. Bud mutation of Northern Spy; discovered in 1926. Tree: growth similar to Northern Spy; bears moderately well. Fruit: large, up to 3 1/2 inches in diam.; skin bright solid red; size, shape, and quality of Northern Spy; ripens earlier than Northern Spy, just before McIntosh; keeps in cold storage until spring; good pie and general purpose variety.
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