Origin: in Applethorpe, Queensland, Australia, by C.W. Winks, A.M. Hibberd, and B.L. Topp, Granite Belt Horticulture Res. Sta. Introd. in 1988. Early Jewel × Early Gem (both parents have Prunus cerasifera and P. salicina in pedigree); selected in 1981; tested as GB 3-91. Tree: very vigorous; shape intermediate between upright and spreading; moderately productive. Flowering is early, 10 days before Wilson; pollen sterile; Mariposa and Donsworth are suitable pollinizers. Good field resistance to bacterial spot (Xanthamonas campestris pv. pruni). Fruit: small, 32 mm; round; skin color bright red, becoming dark red at full maturity; flesh yellow, melting, sweet, juicy; flavor balanced with slightly acid skin; pit small; clingstone. Ripens 2 weeks before Wilson and Methley, 5 weeks before Santa Rosa.
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