Origin: in South Haven, Mich., by A.G. Spencer, Greening Nursery Co., Monroe, Mich. Introd. in 1920. St. John mutation; discovered in 1911. Tree: vigorous; leaf glands globose; flower small, nonshowy, petals red, selffruitful; productivity very high; resistant to bacteriosis. Fruit: medium to large; roundish-oblate, halves somewhat unequal, apex mucronate; skin light yellow, blushed or striped, pubescence medium, tender; flesh yellow, traces of red at pit, somewhat soft, tender, melting, good to very good; stone large, free; ripens 14 days before Elberta; Crawford type.
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