Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant Merrill. Introd. in 1960. Plant patent 2152, 12 June 1962. Fortyniner × Gemfree; selected in 1959. Tree: medium small; productive; leaves with reniform glands; flowers bloom early, about with July Elberta, small, pink. Fruit: averages 2 1/2 inches or more in diam.; round; skin medium thick, smooth, dull orange with dark red cheek; flesh yellow, toward apical end to bright orangered at stem end, juicy, very firm when shipping ripe, flavor vinous, aroma distinct, freestone; keeping and shipping qualities good; matures about 15 July at place of origin, or about 2 weeks after Gemfree and before Redhaven; resembles Gemfree.
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