Origin: by controlled cross (Schley × Barton) made by L.D. Romberg, U.S. Dept. of Agr.-Agr. Res. Serv., Brownwood, Texas. Cross made in 1949. Scion budded into bearing tree in 1950, bore first fruit in 1955; tested as 49-17-166 by Romberg and G.D. Madden. Released in 1968. Nut: oblong, with obtuse apex and base; round in cross section; shell light brown with few dark stripes; 48 nuts/lb, 58% kernel; kernels golden in color, with very narrow dorsal ridge. Protogynous, with midseason pollen shed and early to midseason receptivity. Medium precocity, productive. Ripens early midseason, one week before Stuart. Susceptible to scab, but manageable with fungicides. Recommended (1990) for commercial and homeowner plantings in Oklahoma, and for trial by commercial growers in Alabama and Louisiana. Tree: Fruit:
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