Origin: in Calhoun, La., by P.L. Hawthorne, J.C. Taylor, T.J. Raiford, W.A. Young, N.H. Horn, R.S. Woodward, and D.W. Newsom. Introd. in 1979. Meadowlark o.p.; selected in 1963. Tree: productive; vigorous; hardy; moderately resistant to bacteriosis (Xanthomonas pruni) and brown rot; flower large, showy, rose-colored; 800 to 850 h. Fruit: large; slightly oval; almost equal halves; attractive; excellent quality, firmness and texture; flesh golden-yellow with red flecks throughout; skin 60% medium red over-color; freestone; ripens 3 to 4 days before Redglobe (22 June-1 July), between Harvester and Redglobe.
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