Origin: in Calhoun, La., by C.E. Johnson and W.A. Young. Introd. in 1988. Redglobe × Prairie Rose. Cross made in 1959; selected in 1962; tested as L-9-6-4. Tree: vigorous; productive; resistant to bacterial spot; no tendency to sun scald or cold damage. Chilling requirement about 850 h. Fruit: medium to large, up to 76 mm; skin medium red over 40% of surface, ground color deep yellow; pubescence short; flesh yellow; firm; freestone; occasionally flesh at stern end separates from stone. Ripens about 15 days after Elberta. Flowers: showy; rose; self-fertile; tolerant of spring frosts. Leaf glands reniform.
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