A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 4-8m high.
Origin: in East Malling, Kent, England, by H.M. Tydeman, East Malling Res. Sta. Introd. in 1974. Protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights; owned by Plant Breeding International, Cambridge. Cox’s Orange Pippin × Jonathan. Tested from 1964 to 1974 as A 1379. Tree: medium size; upright; precocious cropping; little preharvest drop; blooms with Cox’s Orange Pippin and Golden Delicious. This is not the same variety as the Kent described in the Register of New Fruit & Nut Varieties 2nd ed., 1972. Fruit: medium, most fruit 60 mm in diam. or larger; 75% skin surface dark coppery red on a green ground, occasionally extensive russet; shape slightly conic; texture firm; flavor very acid; late ripening; in 1.7 °C storage, keeps well until mid-April.
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