Origin: in Virginia by George Oberle, Virginia Polytechnic Inst., Blacksburg. Introd. in 1987. Parentage unknown; tested as SC-2-11. Tree: moderate vigor; upright spreading, somewhat spurry and compact; precocious; annually productive. Fruit: large, to 85 mm; skin 50% to 75% striped or washed with bright red; lenticels conspicuous at calyx end; occasionally russeted; round, occasionally ribbed; flesh creamy white, crisp, tender, somewhat coarse, juicy, good. Matures very early, two to four days before Close, requiring more than one picking.
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