Origin: in Le Grand, Calif., by F.W. Anderson, Merced, Calif. Introd. in 1957. Plant patent 1634; 20 Aug. 1957. Red Grand o.p.; selected in 1954; tested as Anderson 2L7 A2. Tree: size medium; vigor medium; bears regularly, very productive; leaf glands reniform; flowers large, bloom in midseason, about with Elberta peach. Fruit: large, averaging 3 inches in diam.; skin yellow but almost completely covered red, thick, tenacious to flesh; flesh yellow with some red at pit, firm, meaty, aroma wanting, quality good, subacid, clingstone; ripens 12-22 July at place of origin, about 14 days before Red Grand and about with Early Le Grand; resembles Red Grand.
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