Origin: in Tonasket, Wash., by Walter A. Law. Introd. in 1958. USPP 1550; 8 Jan. 1957; assigned to Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Bud mutation of Rome Beauty; discovered in 1952 on a 35-yearold tree. Tree: large, vigorous, hardy, productive, bears regularly. Fruit: large, about 3 inches in diameter; shape somewhat longer and more conical than that of Rome Beauty; skin with overall bright red color, which develops about 14 days before maturity, thick, tough, glossy, waxy; flesh white with greenish tint, firm, fine, crisp, subacid, no aroma; quality good; core large; dessert and culinary uses; keeps well in ordinary storage; ripens during third week in October; resembles Rome Beauty.
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