Origin: in Prosser, Wash., by Washington State Agr. Ext. Serv. and U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1971. Sun Glo × Perfection. Cross made in 1954 and selected in 1958 by H.W. Fogle; tested as Prosser 5-61 by T.K. Toyama, Prosser (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture). Tree: vigorous; productive; hardier than Wenatchee; in Maryland more resistant to bacterial spot than Wenatchee and Blenril; flowers are only partially self-fertile and should be crosspollinated, avoiding late-flowering varieties, inter-fertile with Wenatchee, Earliril, Blenril, Riland, and Rival; tested at Beltsville, Md.; Byron, Ga.; and Fresno, Calif. Recommended as a replacement for Wenatchee because of earlier and more uniform ripening, more attractive and firmer fruit, and hardiness of tree. Fruit: larger than Sun Glo; oval, halves nearly equal; skin bright orange ground color that must be allowed to develop before harvest to assure quality and low acidity, waxy, almost no blush; flesh deep orange, firm, texture fine, acid until fully mature; ripens 6 to 8 days before Wenatchee.
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