Fairland

Orig. in Beltsville, Md., by George M. Darrow, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1947. Aberdeen × Fairfax; selected in 1938. <b>Fruit:</b> size medium; skin bright red; flesh soft but firmer and with more flavor than either Howard 17 or Catskill; ripens early. <b>Plant:</b> resistant to red stele; susceptible to leaf spot; very productive; adapted to northeastern U.S.