Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by Catherine H. Bailey and L. Fredric Hough, Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1974. 492012 (Sunhigh × Blake) × 5110043 [Jerseyland × NJ156 (Raritan Rose × Duke of York)]; cross made in 1955; selected in 1960; tested as NJ224. Tree: size slightly substandard with relatively short internodes resistant to Fusicoccum canker under artificial inoculation; flower large, showy; leaf glands reniform. Named in cooperation with Ing. Milena Leksan, Agriculture Inst. of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, because of the value of this variety to their peach growing region. Fruit: small to medium; round to slightly oval; skin 60% red striped on light yellow; flesh yellow, moderately firm; ripens 7 to 10 days before Collins.
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