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2006 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Harvester Season
Range June 22th - 29th
Additional Years 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 950
Bloom Date
Ripe Date June 28th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
4
2.23
7.3
6.5
7.5
7.3
6.1
8.0
1
13.5

Notes

2 year old, some brown rot, tips, suture bulge, tiny, acidic, unpleasant taste

Description

Released by Dennis Werner, NC State Univ. in 1999. Fruit firmness is acceptable for local marketing but it is not sufficient to facilitate long-distance shipping. Foliage have moderate field resistance to bacterial spot disease.

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

 

     
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