Origin: by L.P.S. Spangelo, S.J. Leuty, and H.B. Heeney at Agr. Canada Res. Sta., Ottawa and Smithfield Experimental Farm, Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Introd. in 1979. McIntosh × R18T40 [Jonathan × (Rome Beauty × M. floribunda 821 sib)]. Tested as Ottawa 531. Tree: vigorous, semi-spreading; medium yield efficiency; blooms 2 or 3 days after McIntosh; resistant to apple scab; susceptible to cedar apple rust; very susceptible to quince rust. Fruit: medium to large size; skin yellow; flesh moderately juicy, firm, cream-colored with greenish tinge, slightly coarse, moderately acid; processed fruit rated good for sauce and slices, fair for juice; susceptible to bitter pit; harvest with Northern Spy; storage life 6 months at 2 °C.
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