Origin: in Visalia, Calif., by John R. Salsa. Introd. in 1958. Plant patent 1695; 15 Apr. 1958. Parentage unknown, but considered to be an open-pollinated seedling of Late Santa Rosa; discovered in 1955. Tree: apparently identical to Late Santa Rosa. Fruit: Japanese type; about 3 inches long, 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches in diam.; colors similarly to Late Santa Rosa but about 4 to 5 days earlier; flavor different, pit smaller, and fruit flatter than that variety; flesh very firm, tinged with yellow and red; clingstone; does not split; matures 10-20 July; keeps very well.
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