O. ficus indica with orange fruit for fresh consumption. Origin: D’Arrigo Bros. Co., of California, Salinas, CA by P. Felker and R.A. Bunch. Parents were spiny orange-and spineless green-fruited cultivars vaguely described in the patent. USPP 22,077; 16 Aug. 2011. Tree: Fruit: peel orange; flesh orange; pulp firmness high, 1.4 kg; Brix moderately high, 13.3°; pulp ratio high, 55%; fruit size large, 191 g. Plant: cladodes medium, elliptic; occasionally 10 mm long spines arise from the areoles; in Salinas Valley, CA, fruits ripen September-March.
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