Origin: in Oakland, Calif., by Lawrence C. Edwards. Introd. in 1961. Plant patent 1213; 1 Sept. 1953; assigned to Columbia & Okanogan Nursery Co., Wenatchee, Wash. Chance seedling discovered about 1930. Tree: size medium; vigor medium; productive; suckers readily from the roots. Fruit: European type (Prunus domestica); large; skin deep purplish-red; flesh greenish-amber, texture fine, melting, subacid to mild; semi-freestone; fleshy ring found about the stem base in the fruit cavity; ripens from the third week in July to second week in August.
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