Beacon (Early Delicious, Fenton, Miller Red)

Orig. in Excelsior, Minn., by the Univ. of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Introd. in 1936. Malinda o.p.; seed planted in 1908; tested as Minn. 423. Fruit: large; skin solid red, covering almost entire surface, tough; flesh juicy, mildly acid, quality good, superior to Maiden Blush, Duchess, and Wealthy; dessert rating good; matures about 1 Aug., 10 to 14 days before Wealthy. Tree: productive; quite susceptible to cedar rust. This is not the Fenton variety described in 1873.