Origin: in Vineland Station, Ont., Canada, by the Ontario Dept. Agr., Hort Res. Inst. Introd. in 1925. Elberta o.p., probably self-pollinated in 1917; selected in 1922; tested as Ontario 174770. Tree: size medium; vigorous, upright-spreading; very productive, self-fruitful; hardy; flower small, nonshowy, petals red, blooms in midseason; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement of 850 h; quite susceptible to brown rot. Fruit: large; roundish oblate; skin thick, tough, adherent to flesh, yellow, attractively blushed, pubescence short and fine; flesh deep yellow, firm, tender, juicy, sweet; best of quality; stone free, medium large; ripens in midseason, about 2 1/2 weeks before Elberta, which it resembles.
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