In around 1949, George Dummer, a fruit farm worker from Blacksmiths Corner, Langham, Essex, raised several apple seedlings from an open-pollinated 'Worcester Pearmain'.

[3][4] He decided to transplant the best of the apples into his front garden, although the young tree was left unplanted and exposed to frost, wrapped only in sacking, for several months due to a family accident.

The tree is a mid-season flowering variety; as with the pollinator 'Beauty of Bath', the fruits mature quickly, by August.

Unlike many early apples, the fruits remain on the tree long enough to ensure ripening.

Under good conditions the apples, when fresh, have a sweet, lightly acidic taste with a slight strawberry flavour.