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. AA05_01 × AA13_01; crossed 1987 by M.A. McNeilage; tested as K2E5; selected 1998 by M.A. McNeilage, R.A. Beatson, and E.A. MacRae. USPP 14,320; 25 Nov. 2003. Tree: Fruit: infructescences generally 3 fruit; small, length 32 mm, greater diameter 23.3 mm, lesser diameter 19.7 mm, 8.5 g; oblong; shoulders square; stylar end slightly pointed protruding; cross section elliptical; skin edible, glossy green (RHS 141A-143A) becoming dull when ripe; smooth; hairs absent; flesh green (RHS 139B-141B); core yellow-green (RHS 154D) to green-white (RHS 157C); sweet, 17 ºBrix at eating ripeness; aromatic; stores 5 weeks at 0 ºC; matures late February to early March in Te Puke, New Zealand.
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