Flesh is white and sweet. Ripens in mid-October. Originated in Lawrence County, Ohio and brought to notice in 1848. This medium large, round apple with striped and mottled dull red flush on greenish to pale yellow ground ripens to an excellent red color in mid-October. Recognized as an excellent cooking apple, the flesh is creamy white, coarse-textured, and juicy though sometimes lacking in flavor.
Skin is tough.
A McIntosh-Yellow Newton Pippin cross raised at the Dominion Experiment station, Summerland, British Columbia. Introduced in 1936. An aromatic, McIntosh type, dessert apple with an attractive rich purplish-red color. Flesh is very white, firmer than a McIntosh, crisp, fine-textured, juicy and flavorful. Dwarfing rootstocks are recommended to maintain good size because tree has a tendency to overcrop.