Origin: in Excelsior, Minn., by W.H. Alderman, Hort. Res. Center, Univ. of Minnesota. Introd. in 1985 by J.J. Luby, W.H. Alderman, S.T. Munson, D.K. Wildung, W.H. Gray, and E.E. Hoover. Burbank × Older; cross made in 1937; tested as MN416. Tree: precocious; vigorous; round-headed, spreading; winter hardy; self-fruitful; pollinated by Toka and South Dakota. Fruit: conic, large, 40 to 50 mm wide and 50 to 60 mm long; skin orangered with little or no bloom; flesh: bright golden-yellow, sweet; quality excellent; clingstone. Ripens 1 week later than Superior or Toka.
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