Scotia

Orig. in Kentville, Nova Scotia, by Canada Dept. Agr., Res. Sta. Introd. in 1961. McIntosh Red o.p.; selected in 1948; tested as Nova Scotia K 33-125-70. <b>Fruit:</b> size above medium, 2 1/2 inches or more in diam.; quality excellent for dessert, good for cooking; skin red, attractive; ripens 1 week before Gravenstein; McIntosh type for season before McIntosh ripens. <b>Tree:</b> upright; moderately vigorous; bears annually.