Origin: as chance seedling from unknown parents, selected in 1958 by E.W. Ross, San Antonio, Texas. Introd. in 1962. Plant patent 2211; issued 8 Jan. 1963; assigned to Aldridge Nursery, Von Ormy, Texas. Nut: elliptic or ovate elliptic with obtuse apex and base, base often with short tip; round in cross section; shell rough, with very weak suture; 32 nuts/lb, 56% kernel; kernels golden, with wide, shallow dorsal grooves beside wide, triangular dorsal ridge; deep basal cleft and ventral groove. Tree: Fruit:
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