Origin: in Kingsburg, Calif., by Cleve Anderson. Introd. in 1964. Plant patent 2410; 9 June 1964. Chance seedling; Japanese type; discovered in 1959. Tree: size medium; upright; vigor medium; very productive; bears regularly; hardy. Fruit: relatively small, averaging about 2 inches in diam. and 2 inches in length; cordate, symmetrical, suture relatively inconspicuous; skin green with a faint blush toward apex, medium thickness, tenacious to flesh slight tendency to crack; flesh golden, firm, crisp, meaty, sweet, eating quality fair to good, semi-freestone; ripens late, about 5 weeks after Kelsey harvest season of a month (September) without becoming overripe on tree; continues firm in shipment or in cold storage; resembles Kelsey.
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