Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by M.A. Blake, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1925. Belle × Greensboro; cross made in 1914. Tree: vigorous; medium productivity; resistant to bacterial spot; flower large, showy, light pink; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement 850 h. Fruit: medium to large, oval with pointed apex; skin dull red over greenish-white ground, not attractive, pubescence long; semi-freestone; flesh white with red at pit, soft, melting, texture coarse; ripens 3 weeks before Elberta, persists on tree.
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