Large red bayberry with pale red skin and sweet 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 5454; 8 June 2017. Tree: vigor medium to strong; spreading; height 5.35 m, width 3.4 m; leaves oblanceolate; flower dioecious; yield medium; USDA Zone 9, potentially ranging from 8 to 10. Fruit: diameter 24.7 mm, 9.15 g; spherical; skin pale red, moderately knobby; flesh firmness medium, pink-white, 12.8 ºBrix, TA 1.25%; resinous taste absent; seeds 1; ripens early, mid-November; decay after 15 d at 5 ºC moderate.
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