Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by M.A. Blake, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1934. Belle selfed; cross made in 1914; tested as N.J. 46 B. Tree: vigor medium; very fruitful; flower medium, nonshowy, very fertile, even setting well in adverse weather; leaf with reniform glands. Fruit: size medium; oval to round, irregular, suture wellmarked; skin dark red, blushed or mottled over most of fruit; pubescence medium; flesh golden yellow, red around pit extending into flesh, firm, nonmelting; canning clingstone, pit very large; ripens in early midseason, 3 weeks before Elberta; quality average for processing.
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