Origin: at Mandan, N.D., by Neal S. Holland. Dept. of Hort., North Dakota State Univ., Fargo, and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1980. Named to commemorate the town Hazen and the late Dean Arlon G. Hazen, Dean of College of Agr., and Director of North Dakota Expt. Sta. while cultivar was tested. Duchess × Starking Delicious. Tested as Mandan 41-27. Tree: semi-dwarf; bears at 3 to 4 years; hardy, free of fire blight, annual cropper. Fruit: large, up to 3 inches in diam., round to round oblate; basin at blossom end quite broad and shows tendency toward the five points typical of Starking Delicious; skin attractive dark red with 80% colored; flesh greenish-yellow, medium firm, juicy, slightly coarse; flavor mild, subacid; ripens late August at Fargo.
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