Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1966. (Golden Delicious × Edgewood) × (Red Gravenstein × Close). Cross made in 1948 by G.W. Schneider; selected in 1956; tested as NJ 28; introd. by L.F. Hough and Catherine H. Bailey, of the above station. Tree: vigorous; productive. Fruit: very large; conic; skin light yellow ground color with one-half to two-thirds blushed with red, very attractive; flesh very good quality; good shelf life; ripens 3 weeks before Golden Delicious.