Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant Merrill (deceased). Introd. in 1972. Plant patent 3590; 13 Aug. 1974. Red Lady o.p. Tree: size medium; vase-shaped; more vigorous than Red Lady; bears regularly; flower small to medium, pink to pinkish salmon; leaf glands reniform. Fruit: size medium to large; generally cordate, some globose, with slight tip; skin medium thin, tenacious, sweet, no blush unless very ripe; flesh yellow, red at pit, moderate amygdalin, texture generally firm, freestone; for short and long distance shipping; ripens first week of July.
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