Origin: in Byron, Ga., by J.M. Thompson. BY4-95 open-pollinated; seed planted in 1975. BY4-95 is a seedling of Queen Ann probably pollinated by Santa Rosa. Selected in 1978 and tested as BY7404-l. Released in 1980 by W.R. Okie. Tree: moderately vigorous and upright; productive; self-unfruitful. Moderately resistant to bacterial spot and bacterial canker, tolerant to plum leaf scald. Fruit: round to oblate; medium size, 50 mm; skin reddish-black; flesh yellow, firm, good quality; freestone. In Georgia, ripens 1 week after Santa Rosa and Morris. Blossom: white with orange-red anthers; pollinated by Rubysweet, AU-Rubrum, and Methley.
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