Yellow-fleshed, very early, low chilling clingstone peach. Origin: Modesto, Calif., by C.F. Zaiger, G.N. Zaiger, G.G. Zaiger and L.M. Gardner. Seedling selected from cross of 78EC404 × 65EC70. Introduced 26 Feb. 2002 as USPP 12,419. Tree: flowers medium, non showy, pale pink to rose pink, self-fertile. Leaf glands reniform. Upright with tendency to spread at fruiting, large, vigorous, productive. Chilling requirement 250 to 300 h. Fruit: nearly globose, slightly elongated in suture plane; medium to large for early fruit; maize yellow to sunflower yellow ground color nearly overspread with brownish red to garnet red. Flesh firm, meaty, yellow, clingstone. Flavor good. Ripens in mid to late May in Modesto, Calif.
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