Description

Raised by Charles Ross in Berkshire and first exhibited in 1890. Best used early for cooking when it bakes well with a sweet, slightly pear-like flavour. Abundant, very large, good, sweet flavoured, juicy orange-red eater but should be eaten by the end of October for the best flavour. Easy to grow, scab resistant tree, moderately vigorous producing spurs freely. Good exhibition variety and remains a good garden variety, even in Scotland. The blossom attracts bees, and later any fallen fruit is eagerly consumed by thrushes and other similar birds. Bullfinches are, unfortunately, partial to the buds.