Yellow-green color, nice shape, ok taste (SSC/TA 11.23)
Description
Plant Patent #18,997 issued on July 1, 2008 to Dr. Joeseph C. Goffreda (Rutgers University, NJ). This peento ripens with Saturn and has excellent size and firmness. Flesh texture is nonmelting. The fruit has 100% yellow skin color and picks clean. Flavor is wonderfully sweet. The tree is upright, vigorous and resistant to bacterial spot. Bloom is showy and leaf glands are reniform. From Adams County Nursery.
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
