Origin: in New Brunswick, N.J., by M.A. Blake, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1925. Slappey × Admiral Dewey; cross made in 1916. Tree: vigor medium; rounded; productivity high; flower small, nonshowy; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement 950 h. Fruit: small to medium; round ovate; skin bright red over orange ground; flesh yellow, red at pit, melting, firm, fine texture, good quality; semi-clingstone, partially free when ripe; ripens 3 weeks before Elberta; good for processing, free from catechol tannin.
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