Origin: in Le Grand, Calif., by F.W. Anderson, Merced, Calif. Introd. in 1958. Plant patent 1723; 8 July 1958; assigned to Kim Bros., Reedley Nursery, Reedley, Calif. Early Sungrand o.p.; selected in 1956. Tree: bears well and regularly; leaf glands reniform; flowers large, showy, anthers red. Fruit: 2 3/8 inches in diam., not quite as large as seed parent; skin dark red over an orange-yellow ground color; flesh yellow, melting, moderately juicy, subacid, aroma not pronounced, quality good, semi-clingstone; ripens extremely early, about 7-10 days before Early Sungrand and John Rivers.
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