Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant Merrill, Exeter, Calif. Introd. in 1968. Plant patent 3022; 2 Feb. 1971. Fortyniner × Gemfree. Cross made in 1956, selected in 1959, tested as 0-46A. Tree: size medium, vase shaped; vigorous; productivity considered good for the season; flower small, early about with July Elberta; leaf glands reniform. Fruit: considered large for the season; globose to cordate; skin smooth, very little pubescence, onefourth to three-fourths covered with red blush; flesh firm, clingstone; may be picked in one picking; for local and distant markets; ripens in San Joaquin Valley in midJune with Coronet.
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