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Origin: in Merced, Calif., by F.W. Anderson. Not commercially introduced. Plant patent 1738; 29 July 1958; assigned to Kim Bros., Reedley Nursery, Reedley, Calif. Le Grand nectarine × Royal Hale. Tree: large; vigorous; productive; leaf glands reniform; flower large, self-fertile. Included here because of plant patent. Fruit: large; skin yellow overspread with orange-red, pubescence moderate; flesh yellow, red near pit, firm, flavor delicate, freestone; ripens 1 week later than Royal Hale and J.H. Hale, ripening with Rio Oso Gem.
Origin: in Hughson, Calif., by John R. Borghello and Angelo Ertassi, Modesto, Calif. Introd. in 1965. Plant patent 2497; 20 Apr. 1965; assigned to RM. Parker, Modesto, Calif. Chance seedling. Tree: medium, upright; productive; leaf eglandular; flowers small, pink. Fruit: large; globose; skin yellow overspread with red, medium tough, tenacious; flesh yellow, firm, flavor mild; clingstone, without split pits; ripens after Paloro and before Gaume.
Origin: in Centralia, Ill., by D.B. Perrine. Plant patent 1449; 17 Jan. 1956; discovered in 1946. Probable Redhaven mutation. Tree: identical to Redhaven. Considered by some people as apparently similar, if not identical to Redhaven. Fruit: flesh yellow, firm, freestone; resembles Redhaven, but is larger, rounder and with a slightly more subacid flavor.
Origin: in Merced, Calif., by F.W. Anderson. Not introduced. Plant patent 1946; 24 May 1960; assigned to Stark Bros. Orchards & Nurseries Co., Louisiana, Mo. Sun Grand nectarine × Merrill Gem. Tree: Fruit: yellow fleshed, free to semi-freestone; tests conducted by Stark Bros. showed variety to be susceptible to bacterial leaf spot.
Origin: in Reedley, Calif., by Albert A. Boos. Not introd. commercially. Plant patent 1626; 6 Aug. 1957. Parentage unknown. Tree: Fruit: large; skin color similar to that of Merrill Gem; flesh yellow, usually freestone when fully ripe; matures 7 to 10 days earlier than Redhaven and with Merrill Gem. Obsolete.