Origin: in Excelsior, Minn., by the Univ. of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Named in 1920; introd. in 1921. Prunus salicina Burbank × P. americana Wolf; cross made in 1908; tested as Minn. 21; sibling of Mendota, Mound, Redcoat, Red Wing. Tree: heavy and reliable producer; size medium; rather spreading; tends to be short-lived. Fruit: large; roundish; small apex pointed; skin medium thick, strong, easily removed from flesh when fully ripe, medium light red, attractive, bloom medium heavy, inconspicuous dots small and numerous; flesh yellow, firm, tender, juicy, sweet; good to very good; stone roundish, small, free when fully ripe; ripens in midseason; ships well.
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