Origin: in Vineland Station, Ont., Canada, by the Ontario Dept. Agr., Hort. Res. Inst. Introd. in 1928. Vaughan × Early Elberta; cross made in 1919; selected in 1925; tested as Ont. 1940208. Tree: vigorous; highly productive; flower small nonshowy; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement 1150 h; self-fruitful. Fruit: medium to large; round-oblate; skin yellow, splashed red, attractive, pubescence short, amount medium; flesh yellow, melting, soft, quality good, low in tannin; semi-freestone to freestone; matures 8 to 10 days before Elberta, or about St. John time; Elberta type.
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