Origin: in Merced, Calif., by Fred W. Anderson. Introd. in 1962. Plant patent 1921; 15 Mar. 1960; assigned to Stark Bros. Nurseries & Orchards Co., Louisiana, Mo. Late Le Grand × Star Grand; selected in 1958; tested as Anderson 7B94. Tree: vigorous; productive; bears regularly; leaf glands reniform; flowers large, showy. Fruit: large, averaging about 2 1/4 inches or more in diam.; globose to oblong; skin thick to medium, yellow mottled with red, with full all-over red in Midwest and eastern U.S.; flesh yellow with considerable red around the pit, firm, crisp, melting, subacid, flavor delicate, quality good, freestone; shipping and keeping qualities good; ripens first of July at place of origin.
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