Origin: in Eatonton, Ga., by B.W. Hunt. lntrod. about 1932. Ischia Green (Verte) × a caprifig in Califoria; cross made before 1929. Tree: vigorous; branches upright; hardy. Variety found only in collections. Fruit: breba crop: small to medium; elongated, with stalk up to 1/2 inch long; skin green; pulp red, somewhat dry, mealy, quality poor; crop small. Second-crop fruit: small to below medium; elongated, pyriform, neck short; stalk up to 3/4 inch long; skin bronze, dull; flesh amber with some red; flavor rich, sweet; quality fair to good; resembles Celeste. In Georgia, fruit parthenocarpic; in California, fruit incompletely parthenocarpic.
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