A late season, cold hardy, sweet-flavored apple. Origin: University of Minnesota, by D. Bedford and J. Luby. Sharon × Connell Red; crossed 1970; selected 1983; tested as MN 1797. USPP 19446; 11 Nov. 2008. Tree: moderate vigor; somewhat pendant and open habit; average to above resistance to apple scab (more than McIntosh and less than Honeycrisp), average fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) resistance. Fruit: medium; oblate; 65% to 85% red, occasionally with bronze-red tones, over yellow-green; flesh white, unusually resistant to oxidative browning, firm to crisp, fine texture, sweet, rich, low acidity; matures late midseason, 14 d after Honeycrisp; stores 60-80 d.
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