Origin: by R.L. Granger and G.L. Rousselle, Agr. Canada Res. Sta., St. Jeansur-Richelieu, Quebec. Introd. in 1983. 52-05-312 × 69-52; ancestry includes Red Melba, Melba, McIntosh, Wolf River, and Malus atrosanguinea 804. Cross made in 1962 in Ottawa, selected in 1972 in Trenton, Ontario, Canada, and evaluated at Frelighsburg, Quebec, Canada. Tested as Ottawa 627. Described by G.L. Rouselle in 1983; named by R.L. Granger in 1991. Tree: vigorous, semi-spreading; precocious; annually productive; cold hardy; resistant to apple scab in most years but foliage susceptible to race 5. Fruit: very large, 70 to 80 mm in diam.; skin 75% red on pale green-yellow ground; shape oblate, symmetrical, somewhat ribbed; flesh white to creamy, juicy, slightly coarse; flavor subacid, high sugar and tannin; quality fair to good; dual purpose, including processing for juice; storage life 2 months.
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