Origin: in Winters, Calif., by Guy L. Philp, California Agr. Expt. Sta., Davis. Introd. in 1948. Humboldt × Burbank; selected in 1942; tested as Calif. 27-12; sibling of Mabel. Tree: extremely productive; very vigorous; flowers large, heavy bloom; moderate chilling requirement; leaf glands globose. Fruit: medium to large, up to 5.7 cm in diam.; round to round-oval; skin light lemon-yellow, deeply blushed, nearly full-colored, surface slightly irregular; flesh light apricot-yellow, clear, firm to firm-melting, fine-grained, excellent texture, flavor excellent, subacid, sweet; stone small, oval, free, ripens in early midseason, about with Mabel, before Gower.
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