Origin: in Balm, Fla., by Tom Huston and H.G. Sweat, Peaches of Florida. Introd. in 1964. Plant patent 2458; 1 Dec. 1964; by Tom Huston, Miami, Fla., assignor to Peaches of Florida. Fla. 3-5 (Southland × Hawaiian) F2 × Springtime; cross made in 1958 in Miami, by Huston. Tree: vigorous; productive; flower very small, blooms in early February in central Florida; winter chilling requirement of about 350 h below 45F. Obsolete. Fruit: size medium, 1 7/8 to 2 3/8 inches in diam.; oval; skin dark red over yellow, thickness medium; flesh orange yellow, slightly reddish at pit, firmness medium, flavor and quality good, clingstone; ripens early, about 80 days from bloom, shipping ripe 30 Apr. into early May in central Florida.
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