Old, hardy Australian cultivar with very dense canopy, intermediate to large tree, producing intermediate-size kernels. Origin: Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, by R. Misfield and N. Greber. Parentage unknown; selected 1950s. Nut: bearing habit in triplets or fours, avg. three; intermediate; round; tea-colored with heavy striping; very small micropyle; distinct suture line and large hilum; kernel recovery intermediate, 34%; kernel intermediate, 2.4 g, round with distinct ridge; percentage of whole kernels intermediate, 48%. Tree: intermediate to large, spreading to upright; canopy very dense; leaves intermediate in length, 15-20 cm wide, light (young) to dark (old), with obtuse apex, moderately spiny and undulating margins, and intermediate petiole length; flowering mid-to late-season; fruit abscission extended, late-season; yield intermediate; slightly susceptible to nut borer. Fruit:
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