A mid-late season, red skin, yellow to yellow-red flesh Japanese plum. Origin: Modesto, Calif., by Gary N. Zaiger, Leith M. Gardner, and Grant G. Zaiger. 9GF78 =(selection with King David, Queen Ann, Casselman parents) open pollinated; selected in 1991. USPP 14,465; issued 13 Jan. 2004. Tree: large size; vigorous; upright; heavy production; self-infertile; anthers yellow; blooms 28 Feb. to 13 Mar. in Modesto; chilling requirement 850 h. Fruit: very large, 66 mm diameter, 189 g; globose to slightly elongated; skin red, medium thickness; flesh yellow to yellow-red; firm; 16% SS; clingstone; ripe 1 to 6 Aug., one week after Friar.
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