Origin: in San Fernando, Calif., by a Mr. Field of Brocton, Mass., and first propagated in 1932 by AD. Shamel, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Riverside, Calif.; listed as C.E.S. 2367. Introd. in 1937. Bud mutation of Eureka; discovered before 1932. Tree: leaf with incomplete and irregular white margins; variegated pink, white, and green; flowers pink. A novelty for home gardens. Fruit: when immature has abundant, irregular, thin, longitudinal, white streaks on normal green rind, sometimes with wider sectors; yellow and slightly ridged when mature; both flesh and juice pink.
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