Early yellow-fleshed, sub-acid, clingstone peach. Origin: Modesto, California by C.F. Zaiger, G.N. Zaiger, G.G. Zaiger, and L.M. Gardner. Seedling selected from 34GA1155 and 36 EB346. Introduced on 27 Aug. 2002 as USPP 12,878. Tree: flowers large, showy light pink to pink, self-fertile. Leaf glands reniform. Upright, vigorous, large, productive. Chilling requirement of 900 to 950 h. Fruit: globose to slightly elongated, large, light yellow to yellow ground color, nearly overspread with Turkish red to Cardinal red. Flesh firm, meaty, yellow, clingstone. Flavor very good, mild, sweet, sub-acid. Ripens in late May in Modesto, Calif., or 4 to 5 d after Springcrest.
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