Origin: in Santa Paula, Calif., by Edwin C. Bernhardt, Foothill Avocado Nursery. Introd. in 1964. Plant patent 2403; 12 May 1964. Fuerte × seedling of Irving; cross made in 1954; Mexican type. Tree: upright; blooms in February and March. Now obsolete. Fruit: medium to small, 7 to 9 oz; pyriforrn, 3 1/2 to 5 in. long, 1 3/4 to 2 inches in diam.; skin green, slightly pebbled, leathery, tough, peels easily; flesh light yellow, firm, consistency butter-like, slightly milder than Fuerte, flavor very good; seed small, not adhering to flesh; stores well; ripens in fall (mid-October to end of November), resembles Fuerte.
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