O. ficus indica with green fruit for fresh consumption. Origin: D’Arrigo Bros. Co., of California, Salinas, CA by P. Felker and R.A. Bunch. Parents were spiny-green and spineless-green-fruited cultivars vaguely described in the patent. USPP 21,964; 7 Jun. 2011. Tree: Fruit: peel green; flesh green; pulp firmness high, 1.3 kg; Brix moderately high, 14.6°; pulp ratio low, 50%; fruit size moderate, 150 g. Plant: cladodes medium, elliptic; occasionally 8 mm long spines arise from the margins and flat surfaces of the cladodes; in Salinas Valley, CA, fruits ripen September-March.
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