A very late yellow-fleshed nectarine. Origin: a limb mutation of Encore peach found in the orchard of Bill Elliott of Fairfield, Ill. Introd. in 1996. USPP 8949. Assigned to Stark Bros. Nurseries. Tree: flowers small, nonshowy, pinkish-red. Leaf glands reniform. Very upright; vigorous, very productive. Susceptible to bacterial spot. Fruit: globose to oval, large, covered with a purplish-red mottled blush over 40% to 50% of the surface. Melting flesh, yellow, firm, subacid, freestone. Ripens 2 weeks after Redgold with Encore peach.
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