Yellow-fleshed, sub-acid, clingstone nectarine. Origin: LeGrand, Calif., by L.G. Bradford, Unnamed white-fleshed nectarines × Ruby Diamond (USPP 7918). Introduced in 2001 as USPP 12950. Tree: upright, medium, vigorous, productive. Flowers large (47.6 mm), showy, light purplish pink, self fertile. Leaf glands reniform, alternately positioned. Fruit: globose, uniform, symmetrical, large; very dark red blending into moderate red orange with brilliant orange yellow ground color. Flesh very firm, crisp, brilliant orange yellow with some dark red toward skin, clingstone. Flavor excellent, sub-acid, sweet. Ripens in late June to early July in LeGrand, Calif., 7 days before Spring Sweet.
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