Old English cider and culinary apple. Medium to large fruit. Greenish yellow skin overspread with purplish red, mottled and splashed and sometimes striped with dark carmine. Soft, fine grained, juicy, yellowish flesh is often stained with pink or flecked with red. Aromatic, mild, subacid flavor. Highly regarded for cooking, cider and apple wine. Good dessert apple as well. Fair storage ability. Medium to large tree bears early and reliably. Requires cross-pollination. Mid-season bloom. Ripens August -September depending on location. Introduced 1832. Hardy zones 5-9.