‘TIKAL’ WAS SELECTED IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ITS ORIGIN IS ALSO MEXICO. THE FRUIT ARE OVOID IN SHAPE, BUT ARE FAT AT ONE END LIKE A TOP. THIS VARIETY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST SUPERIOR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES PLANTED IN FLORIDA, BUT ITS POPULARITY HAS DIMINISHED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF LARGER, MORE PRODUCTIVE CULTIVARS. FRUIT SIZE CAN VARY, BUT THEY CAN GET AS LARGE AS ELEVEN OUNCES. THE FRUIT RIPEN FROM DECEMBER TO MARCH.