Cultivated in Egypt, and marketed in Eastern Europe some years ago. Origin: said to be from India. Tree: strong and sturdy. Fruit: a beautiful deep yellow with an orange to red blush and small, light yellow smooth dots, large, ovate-oblong with a pronounced beak; convex side rounded, a shallow stem-end cavity and a rounded apex, 125 mm long by 85 mm broad by 82 mm thick, weighing 480 g on average, with thick, non-adherent skin relatively free of surface disease, flesh yellow, firm, and juicy with abundant fiber near the skin and abundant long fiber near the stone, none objectionable, of acceptable quality with a moderately agreeable taste. Seed monoembryonic in a moderately large (51 g) stone. Late midseason, high-yielding. Said to ship well.
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