Produces high quality fruit with excellent fruit quality, particularly high nutritional value and a flavor more similar to the preferred Firiki. Origin: Pomology Institute (N.AG.RE.F.), Naoussa, Greece, by T. Sotiropoulos. Mutsu × Firiki; crossed in 2000. HortScience 46:141-142. Tree: productive; almost no preharvest fruit drop; thinning necessary to avoid biennial bearing; mainly spur-bearing. Fruit: medium-large with axial diam. 7.5 cm × transverse diam. 7.3 cm; oblong conical; skin light green with no russeting and small, inconspicuous lenticels; flesh white, aromatic, crisp, and juicy; no bitter pit or external browning; good storage for up to 5 mo.
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