A productive, early ripening, short-day cultivar that has high yields of first-quality fruit, and is adapted to the Huelva region of Spain. Origin: A result of public and private institutions in Spain to develop new cultivars adapted to Huelva and other regions by J.M. López-Aranda, C. Soria, J.F. Sanchez-Sevilla, and J. Gálvez (Junta de Andalucia, Málaga), J.J. Medina (Junta de Andalucia, Huelva), A. Arjona (Viveros California, S.L.), and J.L. Marsal and R. Bartual (Instituto Valenciano Investigaciones Agrarias-IVIA, Valencia, Spain. Z-45 × Parker selected in 1994; tested as 4-129. released 2002; EU PVR applied for. Tree: vigorous; compact with a globose growth habit; tendency to produce numerous runners; low susceptibility to powdery mildew and two-spotted spider mite; less susceptible to verticillium wilt and phytophthora crown rot than is Camarosa. Fruit: moderately firm; mostly large; conical-bi-conical; red and slightly glossy; conspicuous internal cavity; harvest begin in early January.
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