Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J. by L. Fredric Hough and Catherine H. Bailey, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta., Cook College, New Brunswick, N.J. Introd. in 1979 by Stark Bros. Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo. NJ 554039 × NJ 585399. Cross made in 1965; selected in 1972; tested as NJ 252. Tree: standard, vigorous, productive; self-fertile; bud hardiness better than Loring, slightly less than Redhaven; moderately tolerant to bacterial leaf spot. Fruit: 2 3/8 to 2 5/8 inches in diam., globose; skin one-half to one-fourth red on cream white; flesh white with red at pit. quality good; freestone; ripens 3 1/2 weeks after Redhaven.
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