Early to midseason, good cropper with soft pink to red blush over a pale yellow ground color, flavor like Kensington Pride. Origin: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Mareeba, Queensland, Australia, by I.S.E. Bally. Van Dyke × Kensington Pride; crossed 1994 in Northern Territory; planted 1996 at Southedge Research Station, Mareeba. USPP 30,813; 20 Aug. 2019. Tree: vigor medium to high; growth habit spreading; canopy compact, medium to dense; bark not striated, medium rough; leaves elliptic with obtuse base, apex variable; bloom timing variable, typically mid-July to late September in Mareeba; yield medium to heavy, tends to alternate bear. Fruit: length 98 mm, width 95 mm, depth 86 mm, 325-500 g, average 378 g; ovate and round with a slight beak; stalk cavity shallow; neck absent, shoulders dorsal and ventral rounded outward; skin medium to thick, adherence to flesh weak to medium; mature skin ground color yellow-green (RHS 151A), blush red (RHS 44A) over 50% of skin when grown in sun, fruit inside canopy do not blush, bloom inconspicuous; lenticels medium in size and density, yellow; ripe skin predominantly yellow and red, ground color yellow-orange (RHS 22B), blush red (RHS 44A); flesh yellow-orange (RHS 23A), soft, moderately juicy; texture medium, pulp fiber very low; flavor sweet, rich, like Kensington Pride with a slight tang, no turpentine taste; seed monoembryonic; matures early to midseason.
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