25% ripe, minimal brown rot, prominent suture, slight tail, mod juc, mod swt, taste 6.3
Description
Orig. in New Brunswick by L.F.
Hough and C.H. Bailey, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta.; distributed for testing
in 1973 by E. Christ as NJ 275; introduced in 1990 by J.C. Goffreda, A.M.
Voordeckers, and J.L. Frecon. Parentage unknown. Fruit: large; globose to
ovate-round; attractive 65% mottled red blush on a bright-yellow ground
color; flesh yellow, firm, melting, freestone. Ripens 10 days after Redhaven,
21 days before Rio Oso Gem. Flowers large, showy, light pink, small calyx
cup; blooms 3 days before Redhaven; leaf glands globose. Leaves and fruit
similar to Redhaven in bacterial spot susceptibility. Tree: vigorous; spreading;
productive.
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