Origin: in Ivanhoe, Calif., by Verna A. Compton. Introd. in 1958. Plant patent 1674; 14 Jan. 1958. Parentage unknown; discovered in 1953. Tree: size controlled by pruning, tends to be medium, spreading; productive; flowers small to medium. Fruit: skin yellow ground color blushed with pink; flesh yellow with some red at the pit, texture firm, quality good; freestone when fully ripe, semi-clingstone at early stages and even into early picking; cooking quality very good, being equal in tests to Elberta peach.
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