Emek

Fruit: medium to large, 412 g; round to slightly flattened at stem end; rind dark pink to red over pinkish-orange background, smooth and shiny, medium thickness (similar to Wonderful, thicker than Shani Yonay); calyx prominent with half-closed lobes; arils 0.37 g, dark red, juicy, easily separated from mesocarp; flavor sweet, non-astringent, ~14–14.5 °Brix, acidity low; seeds small, relatively soft; juice red; matures very early, mid- to late August, ~6 weeks before Wonderful; low incidence of sunburn and cracking; suitable for fresh market, arils, and juice; short cold storage. Tree: midsize, vigor good; growth habit upright to spreading; self-fertile and self-pollinating; productive, average yield ~52 kg/tree.

 Origin: Israeli Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Agricultural Research Organization, Newe-Ya’ar Research Center, Ramat Yishay, Israel; by D. Holland, I. Bar-Ya’akov, and K. Hatib. Seedling from open pollination of P.G.128-29; selected in 2003 in Newe-Ya’ar, Israel; named 2006; introd. 2013. Israeli PBR 2921; 30 Nov. 2009. HortScience 49(7):968–970.