Origin: near Le Grand, Calif., by F.W. Anderson, Merced, Calif. Introd. in 1974. Plant patent 3476; 12 Feb. 1974; assigned to L.E. Cooke Co., Visalia, Calif. Golden Glory × Bonanza, selected in 1971, tested as Anderson 50P457. Tree: genetically dwarf; spreading; productive; vigorous; flower large, blooms earlier than Bonanza and most other dwarf varieties; leaf glands globose, less chilling required than either Golden Glory or Bonanza. Fruit: size medium, globose to slightly oblate, uniform, symmetrical; skin yellow, partially overspread with red; flesh yellow, melting, mild, red at pit streaked into flesh; freestone; ripens early August.
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