Opuntia ficus indica with red fruit for fresh consumption. Origin: D’Arrigo Bros. Co., of California, Salinas, CA by P. Felker and R.A. Bunch. Parents were spineless red-and spiny green-fruited cultivars vaguely described in the patent. USPP 21,760; 8 Mar. 2011. Tree: Fruit: peel red; flesh reddish-pink; pulp firmness high, 1.5 kg·cm-2; Brix high, 14.8°; pulp ratio high, 59%; fruit size small, 125 g. Plant: cladodes narrow, obovate; occasionally 7 mm long spines occur on the margins and flat surfaces of the cladodes; in Salinas Valley, CA, fruits ripen September-March.
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