Origin: in Baton Rouge, La., by P.L. Hawthorne, J.C. Miller, W.F. Wilson, Jr., N.L. Horn, and W.A. Sistrunk, Louisiana Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1957. Seedling L-7-27 [Suwanee × L-6-30-45-7 (Klonmore selfed)} × seedling L-7-42 (Suwanee × Konvoy); cross made in 1949; first grown from seed in 1950; produced first fruit in 1951; tested as La. L-0-188. Tree: vigorous; very productive; produces runners freely; susceptible to bird eye spot; resistant to leaf spot; flower perfect. Fruit: medium to large, 30% to 50% larger than those of older varieties grown in Louisiana; blunt conic; skin medium bright red, glossy, attractive for fresh market; flesh medium light red, juicy, mildly subacid, firm, quality good; "achenes" medium small, slightly sunken; processing superior to leading commercial varieties now being grown in area of introduction; begins fruiting early in the season and bears until late in the spring or early summer, being early March through early June in Baton Rouge; picking qualities excellent; shipping qualities good.
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