Origin: in Gainesville, Fla., by R.H. Sharpe, Florida Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1961. (Southland × Jewel) o.p.; tested as Fla. 4-26. Tree: blooms well; bud-set heavy; chilling requirement 550 h. Obsolete. Fruit: about 2 1/2 inches in diam., sizing well under heavy crops; round, no beak or rough suture; skin yellow with light red blush; flesh yellow, moderately firm, flavor only fair and rather bland, clingstone; ripens about 10 days after Maygold or earlier when rest period is broken satisfactorily.
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