Origin: at Arkansas Agr. Expt. Sta., Clarksville, James N. Moore, Roy C. Rom, Stanley A. Brown, and William Sistrunk. Introd. in 1984. NJ554367 × G17-5E; cross made by Catherine Bailey and L.F. Hough of New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta.; selected in 1966; tested as A-15. Complex pedigree includes J.H. Hale, Slappey, Admiral Dewey, Orange Cling Seedling, Alameda, and St. Helena. Tree: medium vigor; upright-spreading with good crotch angles. Considerable tolerance to bacterial spot. Flowers nonshowy; self-fertile. Leaf glands reniform. Chilling requirement about 750 h. Fruit: about 6 cm when well-thinned; round, without prominent suture or tip; skin yellow with light splash of red; flesh yellow-orange with; red pigment, very firm, nonmelting, clingstone. Ripens about 3 days before Babygold 5.
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