Origin unknown; grown in some parts of Ohio, and valued as a long keeper
and profitable market fruit. Tree vigorous, upright, spreading. Young
shoots dark brownish red. Fruit large, roundish, inclining to conic,
sometimes a little elongated, and sometimes slightly oblique. Skin
greenish yellow, shaded, splashed and striped with light and dark red
over nearly the whole surface, and thickly sprinkled with light and
brown dots, a portion of them aureole dots. Stalk short, rather stout,
inserted in a medium cavity. Calyx closed. Basin rather large, slightly
corrugated. Flesh yellowish, a little coarse, moderately juicy, mild
subacid. Good. Core small. January to May.