Origin: in Applethorp, Queensland, Australia, by L.B. Baxter and A.O. McWate, Granite Belt Horticultural Research Station. Introd. in 1989. Delicious × Earliblaze; cross made in 1969 by CW. Winks; tested as 64-111. Tree: vigor medium; mature size smaller and more compact than Delicious and Granny Smith; semi-spreading; precocious; production regular. Susceptible to scab and powdery mildew. Flowers just before and with Jonathan and Delicious. Fruit: medium, 65 to 75 mm; globose to flat-globose, often lobed; skin 75% or more medium to cherry red with darker red overstripes; smooth, covered with thin waxy bloom, lenticels not conspicuous; slight stem-end russet; round to slightly conical; flesh creamy white to yellowish coarse to medium, firm, juicy; flavor sweet subacid; aromatic. Ripens 2 to 3 weeks before Delicious; fruit hangs exceptionally well; shelf life about 14 days.
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