Matures early to midseason with soft red to dark red blush over yellow ground color, flavor like Kensington Pride. Origin: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, by I.S.E. Bally. Irwin × Kensington Pride; crossed 1995 in Darwin, Northern Territory; planted 1996 at Southedge Research Station, Mareeba. USPP 30,977; 29 Oct. 2019. Tree: vigor medium to high, height 4-6 m in 8-10-year-old trees under standard annual pruning; growth habit spreading; canopy compact, medium to dense; bark medium rough, leaf blade base acute, apex attenuate; blooms medium to late, mid-July to late September in Mareeba, yield medium to heavy, commonly alternate bearing. Fruit: length short to medium, width medium to broad, thickness 82 mm; 245-530 g, average 361 g; ovate/round with slight beak and broad elliptic cross section; stalk cavity absent or shallow; neck absent; shoulders ventral rounded upward, dorsal rounded downward; mature skin green with red (RHS 60A) blush, lenticels sparse; ripe skin smooth, thin to medium, adherence to flesh medium; ground color yellow, blush soft red to dark red over 50% of skin when grown in sun, fruit inside canopy do not blush, lenticels medium size and density; firmness soft to medium; flesh yellow-orange (RHS 17A); texture fine to medium, fiber low to medium; flavor sweet like Kensington Pride with slight tang, no turpentine taste; seed polyembryonic; fruit development period 3-3.5 months; matures early to midseason.
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