Hardy, small to medium-sized conic and ribbed fruit is waxy yellow and washed with red blush overlaid with darker red stripes. Very long stem in a deep russetted cavity. Cream-colored flesh with streaks of red bleeding from the skin is sweet with soft tannins. (SG 1.059, acidity 0.24%, tannin 0.34%) Suitable for a single varietal cider. Mostly unheard of until it reappeared over a century later in New Zealand in the orchard of a British emigrant. Scions were sent back home to the U.K. and reintroduced by Brentwood Fruit Trees in Buckinghamshire in 2006. Z4. Maine Grown. NEW! (Semi-dwarf: 2½–5' bare-root trees)

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