Origin: in Marysville, Calif., by William Plantz. Introd. in 1936. Plant patent 262; 29 Dec. 1936. Parentage unknown; selected in 1935. Tree: slightly weeping; average vigor; leaves large; flowers small, deep rose pink, blooms 26 Feb.-9 Mar. Fruit: large; oblate spheroid, slightly irregular; skin apricot-yellow, red blush at top, tough, tenacious, lightly pubescent; flesh firm, meaty, juicy, yellow with no red at pit, texture fine, few fibers, flavor sub-acid; clingstone, small; ripens with Phillips Cling (early September); used essentially for canning.
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