Origin: by controlled cross (unknown parents) made by C. Forkert, Ocean Springs, Jackson County, Miss. Parentage of Forkert's first introduction, Dependable, was Jewett × Success. Similarity in appearance led to speculation that Desirable is a sibling. Another controlled cross by Forkert, Admirable, was Russell × Success. That parentage has also been suggested for Desirable. Isozyme analysis is consistent with Russell × Success parentage, while the genotype of Jewett remains undetermined. Cross made in 1903. Introd. by Forkert as Desirable in 1914, but not widely distributed until after Forkert's death in 1928, when U.S. Dept. of Agr.-Agr. Res. Serv., Philema, Ga., tested it as #7191, beginning about 1930. Identified by U.S. Dept. of Agr. as Forkert's "Desirable" in 1936. Nut: elliptic with obtuse apex and obtuse to rounded base; round in cross section; shell rough, with elevated suture; 38 nuts/lb, 54% kernel; kernels golden in color, with wide dorsal grooves. Protandrous, with abundant early pollen shed and mid-to late-season pistillate receptivity. Bears in about 6 years and makes consistent, moderate production of high quality nuts, due in part to self-thinning fruit drop that reduces the number of nuts per cluster. Ripens in late midseason, shortly after Stuart. Susceptible to scab. Recommended for use in commercial orchards from Georgia west to Texas. Recommended (1990) for planting in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. Tree: Fruit:
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