Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant Merrill, Grant Merrill Orchards. Introd. in 1953. Plant patent 1246; 19 Jan. 1954. J.H. Hale o.p.; selected in 1942. Tree: very large; very vigorous; very productive; leaf glands reniform; flower size medium, pink to light red, self-fertile. Fruit: larger, firmer and skin better colored than July Elberta but not as large or as firm as J.H. Hale; flesh yellow, freestone; ships well; season between July Elberta and Elberta; resembles July Elberta and J.H. Hale.
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