Origin: in Sparta, Mich., by Lewis Arends. Introd. in 1967. USPP 2800; 12 Mar. 1968; assigned to Hill Top Orchards & Nurseries, Hartford, Mich. Chance seedling discovered in 1960. Tree: size medium; upright, forming very wide crotch angle on a sturdy central leader; vigorous; hardy; highly susceptible to powdery mildew; productive, bearing both laterally on spurs and on terminal buds; has much blind wood; very biennial. Fruit: average size 2 1/2 × 2 3/4 inches; roundish, oblate; skin ground color light yellow, covered almost entirely with bright red, beginning as a light stripe and developing into an attractive solid red; heavy bloom; flesh white, firm, crisp, juicy, fine-grained, subacid and sprightly; ripens about 3 weeks ahead of McIntosh; hangs well on tree, can be picked in one or two pickings.
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