Medium-size, common type, yellow, with tan to caramel flesh. Origin: Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, by E.N. O’Rourke. Celeste × C1; crossed 1955; selected 1959; tested as L55-13-22; released 2010. Tree: growth habit upright, pyramid-shaped; foliage cover sparse; leaves palmate, with 5 distinct lobes; somewhat resistant to fig leaf rust (Cerotelium fici) and leaf spot (Pseudocercospora fici). Fruit: common type; size medium, diameter 30-40 mm, 23 g; eye partially closed; yellow with gold to caramel flesh; good quality, 15.2 °Brix; ripens over a 15-day period beginning the first week of July in Baton Rouge.
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