Origin: in Gainesville, Fla., by W.B. Sherman and R.H. Sharpe, Univ. of Florida. Rio Grande o.p.; orig. in 1965; selected in 1967; tested as Fla. 15-39. Tree: round; vigorous; requires 300 h; leaf glands globose; blossoms large, showy, pink; pollen bright yellow and abundant; trees are self-fertile. Fruit: large, round-oblong; attractive with red over two-thirds of the surface; firm, texture medium coarse; pubescence medium; flesh is clear yellow with a trace of green near the pit; flesh clings to the pit but becomes semi-free on softening; ripens 10-20 May at Gainesville.
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