Origin: in Texico, Ill., by John A. Gage, Gage & Hawkins Orchards. Introd. in a limited way in 1915 and more generally in 1926. Probable Elberta mutation; discovered about 1901. Tree: exceptionally low, spreading; framework branches form strong, wide-angled crotches; blooms 2 to 3 days after Elberta; has shown some resistance to defoliation by bacterial spot; buds hardier than Elberta. Fruit: large; round; skin highly blushed; flesh yellow; freestone; ships well; a little more pointed and more pubescent fruit than Elberta, which it resembles; ripens 2 to 7 days after Elberta; believed to be less subject to dropping than Elberta.
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