Clemson tiger paw with a green thumb Clemson University - Variety Evaluations
Home | CU Peach Team | Peach Information | Pawpaw Information | Feedback
     
 

Click to EnlargeWhite Lady
2005 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Redglobe Season
Range June 30th - July 12th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh White
Chill Hours 900
Bloom Date
Ripe Date July 8th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
7.8
2.86
6.5
6.8
7.2
7
9.3
8
1
9.1

Notes

some brown rot, very attractive, suture bulge, pigment in flesh, nice flavor, subacid

Description

Orig. in Modesto, Calif., by Floyd, Gary, and Grant Zaiger and Leith Gardner, Modesto, Calif. Introd. in 1986. [(O'Henry x Giant Babcock) x May Grand] x Sam Houston. Plant patent 5821; 9 Dec. 1986; owned by Zaiger Genetics. Fruit: medium to large; skin highly colored; pubescence medium; flesh white, very firm, high quality, low acid, mild-flavored. Ripens 5 days after Redhaven in New Jersey. Tree: vigorous; upright-spreading. Chilling requirement 800 to 1000 h.

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

 

     
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634 -- Area Code 864 -- Information 656-3311
Copyright © 2001, Clemson University. All rights reserved.