Yellow-fleshed, firm, sub-acid, sweet-pitted clingstone nectarine. Origin: Le Grand, Calif., by L. Glen Bradford. Open-pollinated seedling of unnamed nectarine. USPP 14,547 issued 17 Feb. 2004. Tree: spreading; vigorous; medium; productive; flowers large, showy, pale purplish-pink, self-fertile; leaf glands globose when young filling out to reniform, small, opposite. Fruit: globose; uniform; large; very deep red over strong red-orange, with light orange-yellow ground color; flesh rich, very firm, crisp; flavor sub-acid, very sweet with excellent eating quality; ripens 20 July and 8 d earlier than Fire Sweet in Le Grand.
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