Origin: at Byron, Ga., by W.R. Okie, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, S.E. Fruit & Tree Nut Res. Lab. Introd. in 1989. Mariposa × Morris. Cross made in 1968 by V.E. Prince; selected in 1973 by J.M. Thompson; tested as BY69-350. Tree: vigorous on peach rootstock; mostly upright; resistant to bacterial spot and bacterial canker; tolerant of plum leaf scald and brown rot. Adapted to the humid Southeast. Flowers large, two or three per cluster, self-incompatible; bloom about 2 days before Santa Rosa. Fruit: large; skin reddish-bronze; round; flesh blood-red, firm; freestone; high-quality. Ripens between Santa Rosa and Ozark Premier.
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