Origin: by controlled cross (Mahan × Desirable) made by L.D. Romberg, U.S. Dept. of Agr.-Agr. Res. Serv., Brownwood, Texas. Cross made in 1953; scion grafted into a bearing tree in 1954 and first fruited in 1958. Tested as 53-9-191 by G.D. Madden, E.J. Brown, and H. Malstrom. Released in 1976. Nut: oblong elliptic, with obtuse apex and base; round in cross section; 38 nuts/lb, 58% kernel; kernels golden in color, with wide dorsal grooves, narrow dorsal ridge, deep basal cleft and ventral groove. Protogynous, with midseason pollen shed and early to midseason receptivity. Kiowa cross pollinates well with Desirable. More precocious than Desirable. Ripens in late midseason, with Desirable. Susceptible to scab. Recommended (1990) for use in commercial orchards in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas. Tree: Fruit:
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