Orig. in Lafayette, Ind., by a cooperative breeding program consisting of the Agr. Expt. Stations of Indiana (E.B. Williams, Jules Janick, F.H. Emerson), Illinois (D.F. Dayton, J.B. Mowry), New Jersey (L.F. Hough, Catherine Bailey), and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1972. Starking Delicious × seedling 610-2. Seedling 610-2 has a complex pedigree being derived from a sib cross of Rome Beauty × Malus floribunda 821 crossed successively to Golden Delicious and McIntosh. Cross made in 1961, first fruited in 1966, tested as Co-op 4 and 1659-1. <b>Fruit:</b> tends to be small; slightly oblate, regular; skin light yellow ground color, covered with 75% to 90% bright red blush, smooth, waxy with small white dots, medium thick, but not tough, no russeting; flesh crisp, flavor poor, texture medium grained, quality mediocre, mild subacid, aromatic; keeping quality 2 to 3 months at 34 °F; harvest 10 days after Prima, 1 week before Jonathan, 2 weeks before Delicious, little tendency to drop before maturity; a dessert variety. <b>Tree:</b> moderately spreading; vigorous; productive; flowers with or just after McIntosh, pollen fertile, should make good pollenizer for Prima; resistant to all presently known races of the scab organism Venturia inaequalis; tolerant to fire blight and powdery mildew; adapted to midwest and northern U.S. areas. Named in honor of Priscilla Hovde, wife of Frederick Boyd Hovde, 7th president of Purdue Univ.