Origin: in Yuba City, Calif., by Henry R. Spoto, Sr., Spoto Nursery. Introd. in 1967. Plant patent 2901; 8 July1969. Parentage unknown; seedling selected in 1957. Tree: large, spreading and round topped; vigorous, hardy; productive and regular bearer; flower large, pink; leaf glands globose. Fruit: large 2 3/4 to 3 inches in diam.; variable, globose, slightly compressed axially; skin yellow, mottled and streaked with red, thin; pubescence moderate; flesh very firm, yellow, with red next to pit, freestone; ripens late, the first week in September shortly before Kirkman Gem; fruit does not drop; recommended for shipping, freezing, or canning.
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