A dual-purpose variety of apple with a dull, reddish-brown flush raised by Mr George Wheeler at Penn Yan in New York in 1791. The nursery was bought by Mr Abraham Wagener in 1796 and the apple was subsequently sent to England where it was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit in 1910. This late-season variety is harvested from early to mid-October in South-East England and is at its best from December to April. It is used as a cooker early in the season.
