White low-acid nectarine. Origin: in Modesto, Calif., by C. Floyd, Gary N. and Grant G. Zaiger, and Leith M. Gardner. Introduced in 1997. Open-pollinated seedling of Arctic Snow (USPP 7920). USPP 10919 issued on 25 May 1999. Tree: large; vigorous; upright; productive. Leaf glands reniform. Flowers large; showy; pink; self-fertile. Chilling requirement is 850 h. Fruit: large; skin yellowish white to pale yellow, overspread with deep red to strawberry red, flesh white with brownish red to strawberry red pit cavity, firm, sweet, subacid, mild, freestone. Ripens 10–18 Sept. in Modesto, Calif., 9 days later than Arctic Snow.
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