Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant Merrill, Grant Merrill Orchards. Introd. in 1951. Plant patent 1097; 20 May 1952. Kirkman Gem o.p.; selected in 1950. Tree: more vigorous and larger than parent; leaf glands reniform; flowers large, light pink. Fruit: skin more highly colored than Kirkman Gem; flesh yellow, freestone, does not darken upon exposure to air, sweeter and firmer than known parent; no soft suture; season very late, 7 weeks after Elberta and 10 days later than Kirkman Gem; resembles Kirkman Gem.
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