Yellow low-acid nectarine. Origin: in LeGrand, Calif., by Lowell Glen Bradford and Norman G. Bradford. Introduced in 1996. Summer Fire (USPP 7506) × unnamed nectarine seedling. Issued as USPP 9961 on 15 July 1997. Tree: flowers small; nonshowy; moderate purplish red. Leaf glands reniform; opposite. medium; medium vigor; spreading and dense; productive. Fruit: medium; uniform; globose to slightly oblong; skin is dark red over a moderate reddish orange color; flesh firm, tough, crisp, brilliant yellow, subacid, very sweet; clingstone. Ripens from 24 July to 8 Aug. in LeGrand, Calif., 6 days later than Summer Fire.
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