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2008 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Redglobe Season
Range June 30th - July 12th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 850
Bloom Date
Ripe Date July 9th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
8
2.94
7.5
6
7.8
7.8
4.3
8
1
13.2

Notes

Uneven halves, beautiful, delicious

Description

A very firm, midseason peach. Origin: Byron, GA. USDA-ARS, by W.R. Okie. Open pollinated seedling of BY81P2840 (= O.P. seedling of O’Henry). Selected in 1986; tested as BY84P3350; introd. in 1997. Fruit: Large; 8 cm in diameter; yellow flesh; freestone, round; with 90% red blush; firm; ripens between Harvester and Redglobe. Tree: Vigorous and productive; moderately susceptible to bacterial spot; flower large, showy, pink and self-fertile; reniform leaf glands. Chilling requirement 850 hours.

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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