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EC 12013 and EC 12012 were crossed to combine the earliness of the former and the superior curd qualities like solidness and better staying power of the latter. Selections made in subsequent generations resulted in Sel. I. It possessed most of the desirable characters of the two parents.This was released by the central variety release committee of the ICAR under the name Pusa Snowball-1 in 1977. It has straight upright leaves covering the head very tightly, very solid, medium sized white curds with good staying power. It takes 120 days from sowing to curd formation. It gives about 25% higher yield than EC 12013.