Yellow-fleshed, very early season, firm, semi-freestone peach. Origin: Fowler, Calif., by John K. Slaughter, and Timothy J. Gerdts. Unnamed peach selection × Rich Lady. USPP 12,156 issued 23 Oct. and assigned to The Burchell Nursery, Inc. Tree: upright to upright spreading; vigorous; average to above average size; productive; flowers showy, large, light pink to very pale pink, self-fertile; leaf glands reniform, small; susceptible to bacterial spot (X. arboricola pv. pruni; formerly Xanthomonas pruni). Fruit: globose; uniform; medium-sized; dark red to orange red over 80-90% of surface with yellow-golden ground color; flesh firm, melting; very sweet with moderate acidity and very good to excellent flavor; ripens 17 May and similar to May Crest in Fowler.
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