Origin: at College Station, Texas, by Texas A&M Univ. Introd. in 1977. FV5-56 × (Halehaven selfed). Cross made by A.H. Krezdorn. Selected in 1957 by J.B. Storey and tested as A181-4. Evaluated by H.H. Bowen, J.B. Storey, T.E. Denman. U.A. Randolph, and B.D. Reeder. Tree: more productive than Loring; equal to Redglobe in bacterial spot resistance; flower red, showy; requires 650 to 750 h. Fruit: truncate; skin medium yellow with 60% to 90% solid dark to mottled, light-red blush; pubescence medium; flesh uniformly yellow, some red at cavity, firm, fine texture, flavor moderately good. Storage life long; ripens with Loring.
Home