Origin: at Sandhills Res. Sta., Jackson Springs, N.C., by D.J. Werner, F.E. Correll, J.R. Ballington, C.N. Clayton, and D.F. Ritchie, North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh. Introd. in 1978. NC 7130 (Halehaven × Redskin) × Candor. Cross made in 1962; selected in 1967; tested as NCA 2183. Tree: self-fertile; productive; leaf glands globose; flowers nonshowy; tolerant to bacterial spot (Xanthomonas pruni). Fruit: large; round with slight bulge at suture; flesh yellow with trace of red, firm, flavor good; semi-clingstone; skin covered with 70% light-red blush; ripens early 1 to 3 days before Candor, 17 to 20 days before Redhaven.
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