Origin: in Blount County, Ala., by Charles Thomason of Bangor, Ala. Introd. in 1956. Plant patent 1329; 14 Dec. 1954; assigned to Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Hal-Berta Giant × Sunrise; selected in 1946. Tree: size medium; vigorous; open, spreading; productive; leaf glands reniform; flower small, pink. Fruit: skin highly blushed with crimson; flesh yellow, quality high, freestone; highly resistant to Xanthomonas pruni and brown rot; ripens about 15 days earlier than Elberta.
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