Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant Merrill. Introd. in 1947. Plant patent 868; 30 Aug. 1949. J.H. Hale o.p.2; selected in 1943; tested as C5-57. Tree: vigorous rather variable in production from year to year; flower small, nonshowy; leaf glands reniform. Fruit: large; averaging 2 3/4 inches in cheek diam.; round, uniform, suture and tip well-marked; skin bright red mottled over 90% of surface, coloring early; flesh yellow, some red flecks, very firm, nonmelting, clingstone; ripens 6 weeks before Elberta.
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