Origin: by L.P.S. Spangelo, S.J. Leuty, and H.B. Heeney at Agr. Canada Res. Sta., Ottawa, and Smithfield Experimental Farm, Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Introd. in 1978. McIntosh × Dg 22-81 [Jonathan × (Rome Beauty × Malus floribunda 821 sib)]. Tested as Ottawa 548. Tree: moderately vigorous, spreading; high yield efficiency; blooms two to three days after McIntosh; resistant to apple scab and cedar apple rust; susceptible to fire blight; fruit very susceptible to quince rust. Fruit: smaller than McIntosh, up to 76 mm in diam.; round conic; skin color medium lively red on light green to yellow ground color; prominent white lenticels; flesh creamy white, slightly tinged with green; crisp; moderately acid, processed fruit was rated fair for juice and poor for sauce and slices; harvest with Delicious; storage life 23 months at 2 °C, shorter than McIntosh.
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