Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by M.A. Blake, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1946. J.H. Hale o.p. × (Slappey × Admiral Dewey); tested as N.J. 135. Tree: vigorous and very productive; some split pit tendency; flower small, nonshowy; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement 950 h at or below 45F. Fruit: very large; ovate, halves unequal, suture and tip prominent; skin dark red over greenish-yellow ground, attractive, rather heavy pubescence; flesh yellow, not very firm, melting, semi-freestone; pit long, sharp apex; ripens 1 month before Elberta; rough and unattractive in southern Georgia.
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