Origin: in Legana, Northern Tasmania, Australia, by James Bulman. Introd. about 1950. Democrat × Delicious. Discovered in the late 1930s. Introd. in the U.S. as P.I. 203226 and P.I. 242012. Tree: not particularly subject to any of the pests that attack commercial varieties in Australia; as tree develops there is tendency toward alternate cropping under the short spur system of pruning. Fruit: medium to large; round-conic; skin yellow ground color almost wholly covered with deep carmine, thick, tough, smooth; flesh yellow with greenish tinge, firm, crisp, juicy, aromatic, quality excellent; season May to June.
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