Neta NY

Fruit: medium to large, 380 g; round to flattened, may be polygonal; rind dark red, medium thickness (similar to Wonderful, thicker than Shani Yonay); calyx prominent with half-closed lobes; arils 0.31 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, early August, ~8 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 ~40 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, K. Hatib and R. Harel-Beja. Seedling from open pollination of 41MRN (lost); selected in 2012 in Newe-Ya’ar, Israel; named 2017; introd. 2019. Israeli PBR 3679; 10 Nov. 2019. Acta Horticulturae (Accepted).