Origin: at Byron, Ga., by J.M. Thompson, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture S.E. Fruit & Tree Nut Res. Lab. Introd. in 1985. Open-pollinated seedling of BY68-87; BY68-87 =[Gaviota open-pollinated × (Ozark Premier × Prunus angustifolia)]; seed collected in 1973; selected in 1976; tested as BY7401-5. Tree: very vigorous on peach rootstock; spreading; very resistant to bacterial spot and bacterial canker; tolerant of plum leaf scald and brown rot. Flowers large, three or four per cluster; mostly self-incompatible; blooms about 3 days before Santa Rosa. Adapted to the humid Southeast. Fruit: large; skin golden yellow; round; flesh yellow, firm, semi-freestone; good quality. Ripens 3 days after Ozark Premier 12 days after Santa Rosa.
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