Origin: in Excelsior, Minn., by I.E. Soderlund. Introd. in 1941. USPP 474; 10 June 1941. Northwestern Greening o.p.; selected in 1928. Tree: vigorous; size medium; spreading; dense; rounded; rapid growing; hardy; productive; regular bearer. Fruit: averages 3 inches in diam., 2 3/8 in. long; roundish conic, stem medium to long; no bunching on branches; calyx small, closed; skin red over yellow, thin, tough, russet dots large; flesh yellowish, firm, tender, juicy, mildly subacid, quality good; ripens late, with Haralson and Northwestern Greening; keeps well in common storage to May; for dessert and culinary purposes.
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