Origin: in Ontario, Calif., by Herbert C. Swim, Armstrong Nurseries. Introd. in 1967; named in 1971. Plant patent 2957; 23 Dec. 1969; assigned to Armstrong Nurseries. Open-pollinated seedling of Ascolano. Seed from parent tree planted in 1947; selected in 1950; tested as A-2. Tree: very large; spreading; extremely vigorous; highly productive; flowers produced regularly with high pollen viability, making it a suitable pollinizer. Fruit: size medium; oblong to heart-shaped; skin tender, lenticels relatively inconspicuous at beginning of ripening and becoming prominent as ripening progresses; flesh between near white and ivory-yellow when ripe, tender, flavor strong when pickled; ripens early to mid-November.
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