Nectarine, 60% ripe, high brown rot, high scale, high insect damage
Description
Orig. by F.W. Anderson, Merced,
Calif. Plant patent 4314; 10 Oct. 1978.Assigned to Burchell Nursery, Modesto,
Calif. Summer Grand x May Grand. Fruit: medium large; globose mottled and
streaked red over golden glow yellow; flesh yellow, firm melting with red
next to freestone. Ripens few days after Le Grand, which the fruit strikingly
resembles. Flowers large, leaf glands reinform. Tree: medium; vigrous; productive. Particularly susceptible to brown rot and bacterial spot.
Key
Evaluations are based on a 1-8 scale (6=OK,7=Commercially acceptable, 8=Excellent)
Size is in inches
Shape: round is assumed, T=tip, P=point, S=suture, OB=oblate, OV=ovate
Pubescence: 10=nectarine
Blush: presented as percentage of ground color cover with red or similar
Freeness: 3=early cling, 8=completely free
Status: 0=discard, 1=keep
Notes: SOS=soft on suture, SOT=soft on tip, RIF=red in flesh, GAS=green around stem
RAP=red around pit, GGC=green ground color, sz=size, wh=white, yt=young tree, CCT=concave tip
Bloom date is when approx. 90% of blooms are open (full bloom)
The description of each variety of peach or nectarine fruit under each group is in different formats as this information is collected from varied sources and hence is not consistent
