Origin: in Mandan, N.D., by W.P. Baird, Northern Great Plains Field Sta. Introd. in 1957. Open-pollinated seedling of Sapa; selected in 1942; tested as Mandan 42-8. Tree: Fruit: averages about 40 per lb, being similar to Sapa; round; skin mottled purple; flesh dark red resembling known parent, medium firm, juicy, fairly sweet, partly freestone; usually matures about mid-August; rates high in cooking tests, makes excellent jam. Bush: Sometimes considered to be the hardiest variety of its class; very spreading.
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