Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant Merrill, Exeter, Calif. Introd. in 1970. Plant patent 3023, 2 Feb. 1971. J.H. Hale × Merrill Gem. Cross made in 1957, selected in 1969, tested as 28-28E. Tree: vigorous; productive; flower small, pinkish-salmon; leaf glands reniform. Fruit: large; variable, generally globose; skin yellow ground cover, red blush over 50% to 60%, medium thick, pubescence scant; flesh white to light yellow, specked with red, flavor subacid and mild, firm; shipping quality excellent; freestone; recommended for fresh market and freezing; ripens mid-July a few days earlier than Angelus, which it resembles.
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