Origin: in Riverside, Calif., by J.W. Lesley, California Citrus Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1942. Paragon × (Elberta × a peento) F2; selected in 1933. Tree: vigorous, upright; leaf glands reniform, large, not numerous; irregular producer; subject to preharvest drop; short winter-chilling requirement; flower very small, petals pink, self-fruitful. Obsolete. Fruit: large; skin lemon-yellow with a marbled red blush on one side, pubescence dense, medium thick, appearance not too attractive; slightly oblong, halves nearly equal; flesh light yellow, light pink next to stone, texture coarse, flavor fair, slightly subacid, firm, freestone; ripens first week in August, a few days before Elberta; used fresh and for home canning.
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