Origin: in Riverside, Calif., by J.W. Lesley, California Citrus Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1942. J.H. Hale × Babcock; selected in 1937. Tree: fairly vigorous; spreading, resembling J.H. Hale; bears heavily; flower large, showy, self-fruitful; leaf glands reniform; large; short chilling requirement, being similar to Babcock; little grown now. Fruit: medium large; slightly oblong and cordate; skin creamy white, some pink to solid red, attractive, thick, tough, semi-adherent to flesh, pubescence medium in amount; flesh white, pink next to stone, sweet, mild like Babcock, nonacid, juicy; freestone; ripens in midseason, in mid-August; resembles Babcock.
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