An early-ripening, complex interspecific hybrid with red, glabrous skin. Origin: Modesto, Calif., by G.N. and G.G. Zaiger and L.M. Gardner. Unnamed seedling ={48ED292 =[(King David plum o.p.) × plumcot =(Red Beaut × unknown apricot)] × 105GD55 =(hybrid with Friar, Mariposa and Ebony plums as parents)} o.p. USPP13,502 issued 21 Jan. 2003. Tree: large, vigorous, upright; heavy and regular production, self-infertile, blooming 25 Feb. in Modesto, chilling requirement is 800 h at 7C. Fruit: large, 66 mm diameter, 159 g, cordate; skin is red, glabrous; flesh yellow with red under skin, firm, 18.3% SS; cling; ripe the second week of August, 2 weeks after Friar.
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