Origin: at Arkansas Agr. Expt. Sta., Clarksville, by James N. Moore, Roy C. Rom, Stanley A Brown, and William A Sistrunk. Introd. in 1984. NJ554367 × G17-5E; cross made by Catherine Bailey and L.F. Hough of New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta.; selected in 1971; tested as A-142. Complex pedigree includes J.H. Hale, Slappey, Admiral Dewey, Orange Cling Seedling, Alameda, and St. Helena. Tree: vigorous; spreading, with good crotch angles. Winter hardiness above average. Leaves and fruit resistant to bacterial spot. Flowers nonshowy; self-fertile; blossom period early. Fruit: 60 to 80 mm when well-thinned; round, without prominent suture or tip; skin 25% red on yellow ground color; flesh orange-yellow, very firm, nonmelting, clingstone. Ripens 7 to 10 days before Babygold 5 in Arkansas; uniform maturity within tree.
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