Origin: in Palo Alto, Calif., by W.F. Wight, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. lntrod. in 1941. (Salwey × Quetta) × Lippiatt; tested as USDA 429-40B. Tree: vigorous; productive; leaf glands globose, small; flowers nonshowy, medium, pink. Fruit: large; broad oval; skin greenish-yellow to deep yellow, blushed or streaked with deep red when exposed, mottled with lighter dots toward apex, thick and tough, surface sometimes rough; flesh pale yellow, streaked or flecked with red at suture and near stone cavity, texture firm to firm-melting, slightly fibrous, freestone; season 27 days after Elberta.
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