A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 4-8m high.
Origin: in East Malling, Kent, England, by F.H. Alston, R. Watkins, and J.W. Bates, East Malling Res. Sta. Introd. in 1977. Protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights. James Grieve × Golden Delicious; seed germinated in 1966; tested as A120/6. Tree: semi-dwarf, ideal for high-density orchards; very precocious; productive (yielded 100% more fruit than Cox’s Orange Pippin in the first four fruiting years); when stored at 3.3 °C, fruit is marketable until early December; flowers profusely 1 week before Cox’s Orange Pippin, long flowering period, flowers showed some resistance to severe frosts. Fruit: medium, 65 mm or more; skin green-yellow with a trace of russet in the stem cavity; juicy; flavor is pleasantly subacid; ripens in early midseason.
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