Blair

Orig. in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, by the late D.S. Blair and Paul Roy, Canada Dept. Agr. Introd. in 1973. McIntosh × Fameuse; cross made in 1929, selected in 1944, tested as 0-294. <b>Fruit:</b> 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 inch in diam., fairly uniform; round, more pointed than McIntosh; skin solid dark red, occasionally some light green areas, thin, tough; colors better than McIntosh, otherwise very similar; flesh white, rarely pale green, juicy and aromatic, similar to McIntosh, but ripening 10 days earlier; storage life almost as long as that of Lobo. <b>Tree:</b> spreading like McIntosh with fewer suckers after pruning and hardier; blooms with McIntosh; moderately productive.