Origin: in Moscow, Idaho, by Leif Verner, Idaho Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1944. Ben Davis × Wagener; selected in 1936; tested as Idaho 7-11. Tree: vigorous, wide spreading, strong, wellformed crotches; productive; while tree is young, the fruit should be thinned rather lightly to avoid development of excessive size. Fruit: large; round to oblate, sides usually symmetrical but sometimes unequal; skin greenishyellow to yellow with dark to bright red blush, lightly and inconspicuously streaked with carmine, smooth, fairly thick, inclined to become oily in storage; flesh creamy white, often somewhat greenish, fine-grained, tender, very juicy, mildly subacid, aromatic; high dessert quality; somewhat susceptible to storage scald when picked before fully ripe; as grown in Moscow, Payette should be picked about a week or 10 days later than Jonathan.
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