Origin: at the Hort. Farm, Olney, Ill., by M.J. Dorsey, Illinois Agr. Expt. Sta., Urbana. Introd. in 1946. Gage × Halehaven; cross made in 1937; tested as Ill. K80. Tree: vigor and productivity average; flower large, showy, light pink; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement 950 h. Fruit: medium to large; round; skin medium yellow, blushed and splashed with dark red, light pubescence, very attractive; flesh medium yellow with occasional trace of red through flesh and at stone, medium firm, texture coarse, juicy; semi-cling to freestone; ripens 25 days before Elberta; too soft in Georgia.
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