Origin: in Davis, Calif., by E.F. Serr and H.I. Forde, California Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1968. Sharkey × Marchetti; sibling of Chico; cross made in 1955; selected in 1963; tested as UC 56-226. Nut: large; round; shell seal poor in some years; kernel 54% of nut, quality high; 80% of those tested had light colored kernels; matures early to midseason. Tree: productive, many clusters of four nuts; 80% of lateral buds producing pistillate flowers; leafs out 14 days after Payne making it a valuable pollenizer for Hartley, Midland, Pioneer, Tehama, and Pedro. The name was chosen because of its meaning "friend" and because it was decided to give Spanish names to new varieties especially valuable as pollenizers. Fruit:
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