Loring

Orig. in Mountain Grove, Mo., by Paul H. Shepard, Missouri State Fruit Expt. Sta. In trod. in 1946. Frank × Halehaven; selected in 1943; tested as PH-811. <b>Fruit:</b> large; round to ovate; skin blushed over most of surface, yellow ground color, pubescence light, very attractive; flesh yellow, firm, melting, medium texture, red at pit, quality very good, freestone; ripens 10 days before Elberta. <b>Tree:</b> very vigorous; regular production even in adverse spring weather; tolerant to bacteriosis; flower large, showy; leaf glands globose; chilling requirement 950 h.