A large, productive, early-season, yellow-fleshed variety. Origin: a chance seedling found iin the Willmeng Bros. Orchards in Coloma, Mich. Tested as WB258. Introd. in 1997. USPPAF. Assigned to Hilltop Nurseries, Hartford, Mich. Tree: flowers light pink, small, nonshowy. Leaf glands reniform. Upright spreading, vigorous, very productive. Tolerant to bacterial spot. Fruit: globose with a prominent suture, large, covered with a mottled to full red blush over 75% of the surface. Flesh melting, stringy, yellow, moderately firm, of good quality, semi-clingstone, few splits.
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