Plant patent 8863; 16. Aug. 1994. Developers are Calvin H. Oda of Honolulu, Hawaii, and David D.F. Williams of Fort Collins, Colo. Assignee: Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Coral Gables, Fla. A hybrid from a cross between two hybrid clones, 58-1184 and 59-443, both originated from Pineapple Research Institute of Hawaii. Origin: Tree: short, upright. Stem: length 24 to 32 cm in diam. at soil level, 22 to 26 cm at anthesis. Smooth, closely overlapping leaves, 5 / 13 phyllotaxy. Few small spines near leaf base. Fruit peduncle length 23 to 25 cm. Square-shouldered fruit with large, flat fruitlets, large crown with narrow semirigid leaves. Fruit: weight 1298 to 2592 g, average 2061 g, uniform pale-yellow flesh, 15 to 16.7 degree °Brix, 0.42% to 0.91% TA, vitamin C at 30.8 to 55.5 mg/ 100 ml juice. Slightly more susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi and P. parasitica than Smooth Cayenne, but lower incidence of parasitic fruit diseases and resistance to internal browning. Produces 4% to 37% more than Smooth Cayenne.
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