Solid purple, early season dessert and sauce fruit that somewhat resembles McIntosh. Firm and pleasant. This is a purple apple. Not deep-purple like Black Oxford but a softer light purple with some slight striping visible. The russet stem patch is a very rich orangy russet. The overall effect is quite beautiful. Does not keep. A good apple in its season and was grown commercially about 40-50 years ago. Some commercial orchards still have a few trees. Z4.
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