Yellow-fleshed, acidic, clingstone nectarine. Origin: LeGrand, Calif., by L.G. Bradford. Diamond Ray (USPP 8948) × an unnamed seedling. Introduced in 2001 as USPP 12968. Tree: spreading, medium, vigorous, productive. Flowers large (47.6 mm), showy, light purplish pink, perfect, self-fertile. Leaf glands globose, alternate. Fruit: globose, uniform and medium, full dark red blush. Flesh firm, crisp, clingstone, yellow with a slight amount of deep red flecking around the pit cavity, acidic and sweet, very good flavor. Ripens in the third week of June in LeGrand, Calif., ≈16 days before Diamond Ray.
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