Origin: in Mountain Grove, Mo., by Paul H. Shepard, Missouri State Fruit Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1947. Open-pollinated seedling of Black Beauty; good probability that Santa Rosa was the pollen parent; considered to be a Japanese-American hybrid; tested as PL-97. Tree: fairly vigorous, resembling Japanese sp.; large crops produced. Fruit: medium to large; skin red with light, blue bloom; flesh yellow tinged with red, fine-grained, juicy, sweet, flavor good, clingstone; very late ripening, about 10 Sept., remaining firm on tree for 3 to 4 weeks; ships well.
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