Origin: by controlled cross (Desirable × Curtis) made by L.D. Romberg, U.S. Dept. of Agr.-Agr. Res. Serv., Brownwood, Texas. Cross made in 1958; scion budded into bearing tree in 1959; tested as 58-4-61 by T.E. Thompson, E.F. Young, Jr., J.E. Boudreaux, R.D. O'Barr, R.S. Sanderlin; released in 1989. Nut: elliptic, with obtuse apex and base, often asymmetric; round in cross section; 55 nuts/lb, 51 % kernel; kernels golden in color, with wide, shallow dorsal grooves and a deep, wide basal cleft. Protandrous, with early midseason pollen shed and midseason receptivity, similar to Desirable. Tree: Fruit:
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