Female, green-skinned, green-fleshed A. arguta. Origin: Horticulture and Food Research Institute of New Zealand, Auckland, by M.A. McNeilage, R.A. Beatson, and E.A. MacRae. AA02_01 × AA13_01; crossed 1987 by M.A. McNeilage; tested as K2D4; selected 1998. USPP 13,815; 13 May 2003. Tree: Fruit: usually singles; small, length 26.5 mm, greater diameter 26.8 mm, lesser diameter 24.3 mm, 11.1 g; spheroid; shoulders square; stylar end round; cross section circular-elliptical; skin edible, glossy green (RHS 141C-143C) becoming dull when ripe; smooth; hairs absent; flesh green (RHS 139B-141B); core large; yellow-green to green-white (RHS 150D-157B); sweet, 20.2 ºBrix at eating ripeness; aromatic; vitamin C 51 mg/100 g fresh weight; stores 6-8 weeks in cold storage; matures late February to early March in Te Puke, New Zealand.
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