Origin: at Byron, Ga., by J.M. Thompson, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture S.E. Fruit & Tree Nut Res. Lab. Released in 1985. Open-pollinated seedling of BY4-997 × seedling apricot; BY 4-997 = Nubiana openpollinated. Seed collected in 1968; selected in 1973. Tree: vigorous on peach rootstock; upright; only moderately productive. Moderately resistant to bacterial canker and bacterial spot; tolerant of plum leaf scald and brown rot. Adapted to the humid Southeast. Flowers large, pink, solitary, self-fertile; fertile with both plum and apricot. Released for breeding purposes because of tree health, fruit size, and fertility with both plum and apricot. Fruit: large; skin dark purple-black, very light pubescence; round; flesh apricot colored, very firm, freestone, tart. Ripens 2 weeks after Santa Rosa.
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