A McIntosh-Worcester cross raised at East Malling Research Station in 1929, and introduced in 1945. An aromatic, early dessert apple. One-half to almost entirely covered with bright crimson flush on pale green to dull yellow ground. White flesh is crisp, fine-textured and juicy, with good vinous flavor. A late summer apple with excellent red color and good flavor.
Fruit is round and firm.
Can be held a month or so in storage. Tree bears annually and requires at least three pickings. A garden variety dessert apple raised from open-pollinated Cherry Crab at Excelsior, Minnesota around 1860. An extremely hardy splashed skin on pale whitish-green to pale yellow ground. Flesh is white, tinged pink beneath the skin, soft, coarse-textured, juicy, and sweet.