Origin: in Palo Alto, Calif., by W.F. Wight, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1935. Hauss × Phillips Cling; cross made in 1925; first fruited in 1929. Tree: heavy producer; upright; leaf glands globose; flower petals small; unsuited for growing in a warmwinter climate. Fruit: large, averaging 8.5 cm in diam., halves usually equal; skin golden-yellow splashed with red, pubescence short; flesh deep yellow, firm, fine-grained, subacid, flavor good; commercial canning clingstone; hangs well on tree; ripens in late midseason, with or just after Halford.
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