C. mexicana, thornless, with high fruit weight and orange-reddish skin, ripening late. Origin: Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Chapingo, Mexico by R. Nieto-Ángel. Seedling from population of Pecoso de Huejotzingo; tested as HUE12; selected 1989; registered with CNVV (Mexican National Catalog of Plant Varieties) as TEJ-02-160709; Nov. 2008. Tree: thornless; vigorous; canopy semi-round; flowers large; leaves large and serrate, without lobes, similar to apple leaves, twice as long as wide; resistance to apple maggot moderate. Fruit: large, 3.4 cm in diameter, 23.4 g.; usually very spherical; large and firm, with orange-reddish skin; ripens late October to late December.
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