Pixie

Orig. in Riverside, Calif., by J.W. Cameron, R.K. Soost, and H.B. Frost, California Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1965. Open­ pollinated seedling of F1 of Kincy (King × Dancy); selected about 1948; evaluated at Riverside. <b>Fruit:</b> small to medium; shape variable; rind yellow-orange, peels easily without dripping juice; flesh medium-orange, flavor mild and pleasant, essentially seedless, regardless of exposure to other pollen sources; matures late, April to July. <b>Tree:</b> somewhat alternate-bearing habit; not successfully grown in the hot desert.