Origin: in Le Grand, Calif., by F.W. Anderson. Introd. in 1955. Plant patent 1516;11 Sept. 1956; assigned to Reedley Nursery, Reedley, Calif. (Le Grand nectarine × July Elberta seedling) F2; selected in 1954; tested as Anderson 10K99. Tree: large to medium; vigorous; upright to spreading; productive; leaf glands reniform. Fruit: large to medium, 2 1/2 inches in diam.; skin light yellow almost completely overspread with bright red, pubescence short and inconspicuous; flesh yellow, quality good, flavor subacid, aroma wanting, semi-freestone to clingstone; ripens about 3 to 4 days earlier than Blazing Gold and Robin and about 3 to 4 days later than Mayflower, or 10-19 June.
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