Carson (Beardon, Encinas, Percoca)

Orig. in Palo Alto, Calif., by W.F. Wight, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. First commercial planting in 1943. Maxine × Leader; selected in 1935; tested as USDA-W 33-5B. <b>Fruit:</b> flesh yellow, being more pale and with poorer flavor than Fortuna; sizes well; conventional canning clingstone. Leaf glands reniform; flowers showy.