Yellow-fleshed, sub-acid, freestone nectarine. Origin: Modesto, Calif., by C.F. Zaiger, G.N. Zaiger, L.M. Gardner and G.G. Zaiger. Seedling 77GF213 nectarine × Honey Kist nectarine (USPP 9333). Introduced in 2001 as USPP 12008. Tree: upright, large, vigorous, productive. Flowers large, showy, pink to light pink, self-fertile. Leaf glands nearly orbicular and alternately positioned. Fruit: Near globose, slightly elongated, large, almost 3 inches in diameter; yellow to golden yellow ground color overspread with currant red to Turkish red. Flesh firm, meaty, sub-acid moderately sweet, freestone with excellent flavor. Ripens during the second week of July in Modesto, Calif., 25 days after Honey Kist.
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