Raritan

Orig. in New Brunswick, N.J., by New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1966. Parentage: (Melba × Sonora) × [Melba × (Williams × Starr)]; cross made in 1949 by G.W. Schneider; selected in 1956; tested as NJ 25; introd. by L.F. Hough and Catherine H. Bailey. <b>Fruit:</b> large; skin yellow ground color with one-half to three-quarters washed and splashed with red; flesh good quality for summer apple; good shelf life; ripens about with Puritan. <b>Tree:</b> early bearing; may be biennial; natural spur type.