An attractive, early season yellow fleshed peach. Origin: a chance seedling found by Glen Welsh in his Loring block in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Introd. in 1996. USPP 10652. Assigned to Adams County Nursery, Aspers, Pennsylvania. Fruit: Globose, medium large, covered with a orange red blush over 60-70% of surface. Flesh melting, yellow, good quality,semi-freestone. Ripening 10 days to 2 weeks before Redhaven. Tree: Flowers medium to large, showy, pink. No leaf glands.
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
