Origin: in Santa Clara Valley, Calif., by J.M. Reiter and E.V. Goldsmith. Parentage unknown; selected in 1973; introd. in 1979. U.S. plant patant 4485. Tree: productive, with two thirds on primocanes and one third on floricanes; primocanes upright and rigid, nonbranching, light green with soft, reddish-brown spines at base; floricanes light brown and branching. Some root rot resistance. Fruit: medium size; skin rosy red to pomegranate purple; round; sometimes irregular; partially hidden by leaves; easy separation from receptacle; ripens on primocanes from early August until midSeptember and on floricanes during last week of May and the first 2 weeks of June; can produce continuously from May until December.
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