Origin: in Ontario, Calif., by Walter E. Lammerts. Introd. in 1947. Plant patent 528; 30 June 1942; assigned to Armstrong Nurseries, Ontario, Calif. (Early Imperial × Coolidge Double Red) × Socala; selected in 1941. Tree: large; vigorous; very productive; bears regularly; leaf glands globose; flower large, blooms early; low winter-chilling requirement. Fruit: medium large, 2 to 2 1/8 inches in diam.; broadly ovoid, unsymmetrical; skin thin, free, yellow, blushed, dots numerous, pubescence moderate; flesh yellow, juicy, medium firm, melting, subacid, mild, eating quality good, freestone; keeping quality good; ripens early, mid-June in southern California, about 28 days before Early Imperial; somewhat resembles Elberta.
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