Crataegus mexicana, thornless, late ripening, with high fruit productivity. Origin: Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico by R. Nieto-Ángel. Seedling from population of Pecoso de Huejotzingo; tested as HUE10; selected 1988; registered with CNVV (Mexican National Catalog of Plant Varieties) as TEJ-01-160709; Nov. 2008. Tree: thornless and very vigorous, with round canopy; flowers large; leaves large and serrate, without lobes, similar to apple leaves, twice as long as wide; resistance to apple maggot (Rhagoletis pomonella) moderate. Fruit: large, 2.7 cm in diameter, 11.6 g; usually very round; flesh firm; skin orange-yellowish; ripens late November to late December.
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