Tree is productive and must be thinned to achieve annual production. Susceptible to russeting. A popular dessert cultivar grown throughout the apple producing area of the country. No processing value. A-B 5,6,9,10,11,13 or 14 Cooking Excellent baking and cooking apple, late blooming, pleasant flavor, firm.
Flesh is crisp and juicy.
A 1,2,3,5,8,9,13 or 14 Fresh Dessert Cooking Good quality winter storage apple that has good keeping qualities. Days to mature fruit from bloom. Partially self-fruitful, but one should use a pollen source cultivar for good yields. Refers to pollinizer number in first column. Some homeowners have had excellent results with seedling trees.