The flavor is sub-acid and ranges from mild and well balanced to strongly aromatic, depending on the degree of maturity. Keeps well for 5 to 6 months in common storage. The tree is moderately vigorous with a somewhat spreading growth habit. Blooms with King bloom of Red Delicious. Pollen germination is good.
Tree is moderately vigorous and rangy.
The blush red apples start coloring in late May, are typey and show a whiter flesh than other reds harvested in mid to late August. The tree is very precocious. A branch mutation from Kennewick, Washington discovered in 1985 because of early coloring. Fruit is striped on a deep red background. Maturity is about the middle of September.