Origin: in Kuroishi, Aomori, Japan, in the breeding program of the Aomori Apple Res. Sta. Introd. in 1974. Delicious × Golden Delicious; tested as 6/7-1. Tree: very vigorous; upright-spreading; not precocious; not very productive, tends to be biennial; blooms with Delicious; self-unfruitful. Susceptible to preharvest drop; susceptible to apple scab and to Alternaria leafspot. Fruit: very large, 500 to 600 g, occasionally more than 1000 g unless it is cropping heavily, then only moderately large; color red striped, similar to Starking, on greenish-yellow ground; finish smooth; shape round conic, regular, less elongated than Delicious; flesh medium firm, fine-grained, aromatic; taste similar to Delicious. Harvest with Delicious; stores for 80 to 120 days.
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