Origin: in Le Grand, Calif. by F.W. Anderson, Merced, Calif. Introd. in 1965. 2534; 8 June 1965; by F.W. Anderson, assignor to Arthur Bright, Bright’s Nursery, Le Grand. Mission × (probably) Nonpareil; selected in 1957; tested as Anderson 3T14. Nut: hull thin, easy to harvest, easily removed; shell ovate, hard, smooth, heavier, harder, and better sealed than Nonpareil; uniformly light straw color, attractive, medium to small, average 1 1/8 inches long, 13/16 inch thick, 250 to 300 per lb, smaller than Nonpareil, suitable for in-shell purposes; Kernel: medium to small, average 30 to 35 per oz, ovate; smooth; pellicle thin; sweet; quality very good; very few doubles produced; ripens early to midseason, with or shortly after Nonpareil. Tree: large, vigorous; blooms late, about with Mission; interfruitful with Nonpareil, Mission, Ruby, Emerald, Butte, Norman, and Ripon. Fruit:
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