Re: Small and fat but what is it?
They sound and look like 'Manzano' (AAB Silk subgroup), although it likely has a completely different local name. That skin splitting and chalkyness is very characteristic of this group, and some of these cultivars need to be really extra ripe before the chalkyness goes away, the skin splitting is not even enough of a sign, they need to start getting spots and turning black sometimes in order to taste fully ripe.
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