White-fleshed clingstone nectarine. Origin: LeGrand, California, by L.G. Bradford. Seedling of Red Glen (USPP7,193) × June Pearl (USPP9,360); introduced 21 Oct. 2003 as USPP14,249. Tree: flowers large, showy, purplish, pink and self-fertile. Leaf glands reniform, 2 to 4 in number, mostly alternate. Tree is medium-sized, spreading, dense, vigorous, productive. Fruit: globose, uniformly large, very dark red skin over a strong red with pale orange yellow undercolor. Flesh very firm, crisp, white with a slight amount of red streaking at the stone, clingstone. Flavor sub-acid, sweet, excellent. Ripens in early July in LeGrand, Calif., or about 6 d after Kay Pearl.
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