Origin: in Byron, Ga., by Victor E. Prince, of U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1980. (Queen Ann × Barstow) × (Ozark Premier × Prunus angustifolia). Cross made in 1968; selected in 1973 by J.M. Thompson; tested as BY 68-317. Tree: vigorous, precocious, productive; resistant to complex of bacterial diseases common to Southeastern states; grows so robustly that heavy thinning and semiannual pruning recommended. Fruit: Japanese-type; larger than Methley. Smaller than Bruce; used as “green plum”; flesh firm for shipping but softens and turns bright red upon ripening, can be picked green, developing an attractive bright red while on shelf; pit small, clings tenaciously; ripens 10 days after Brice, 5 days after Methley or late May or early June at Byron.
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