Wayne

Orig. in Geneva, N.Y., by the New York State Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1962. Northwestern Greening × Red Spy; selected in 1951; tested as New York 44420-1; diploid. <b>Fruit:</b> large; dual-purpose, fresh and processing, being outstanding for canned and frozen slices and sauce, rating higher than Northern Spy; skin solidly blushed and washed light scarlet, no striping, appearance excellent; ripens directly after McIntosh, 2 to 3 weeks before Rhode Island Greening is ready for processing; not subject to bitter pit. <b>Tree:</b> upright, like Spy; blooms late; good pollenizer for late­blooming varieties; bears precociously, maturing commercial crops within 5 to 6 years. Very susceptible to fire blight.