Origin: in Excelsior, Minn., by the Univ. of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Introd. in 1922. Prunus salicina ‘Burbank’ × P. americana ‘De Soto’; Cross made in 1913; selected in 1918; tested as Minn. 118. Tree: size medium; slightly drooping; vigorous; productive; hardy. Variety has been abandoned because of low quality. Fruit: medium to large; oval to slightly obovate; skin attractive red, thick, tough, easily removed from flesh; flesh yellow, firm, fine-grained, medium juicy, mildly subacid, quality fair; pit small; cling; ripens in late midseason.
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