Large red bayberry with red skin and pink-white flesh. Origin: University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia, by D.C. Joyce. Parentage unknown, selected 2008 from seedlings grown at Maroochy Research Facility, Nambour, Queensland from outcrossed seed collected from China. Australian PBR 5453; 8 June 2017. Tree: vigor strong; semi-upright; height 3.5 m, width 4.45 m; leaves oblanceolate; flower dioecious; yield high; USDA Zone 9, potentially ranging from 8 to 10. Fruit: spherical, uniform, diameter 22.3 mm, 7.15 g; skin red, moderately knobby; flesh soft to medium, pink-white, 12.4 ºBrix, TA 1.08%; resinous taste absent; seeds 1; ripens midseason, mid-late November; decay after 15 d at 5 ºC severe.
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