Origin: in Blacksburg, Va., by Virginia Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1968. P.I. 35201 × N.J. 196; cross made in 1951 by L.F. Hough, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.; selected in 1954 by G.D. Oberle, Virginia Polytechnic Inst.; tested as W2-7-22. Tree: size average; vigor moderate; productivity moderate; flower small, nonshowy, hardiness of fruit buds above average; leaf glands reniform. Fruit: size above average, 2 3/4 inches; skin bright orange-yellow with two-thirds an attractive red blush; flesh firm, nonmelting, yellow with essentially no red pigment near pit; clingstone; ripens 14 days before Elberta; resembles Babygold 5; recommended for commercial processing (canning).
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