Orig. in Beltsville, Md., by the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1954. (Admiral Dewey x St. John) x Fireglow; cross made in 1940; selected in 1944; tested as USDA B7398. Fruit: medium to large; round, halves equal; skin color especially bright and attractive, at maturity about three-fourths covered with bright red over yellow, pubescence heavy; flesh yellow, especially free from any red through the flesh, but with some red around the stone, very firm melting, fine-textured, flavor fair to good; ships well; pit size medium, free; acceptable for canning, attractive as a frozen product; well-suited for long-distance shipment; ripens about 15 days before Elberta. Tree: productive; vigorous; susceptibility to bacterial spot disease seems similar to Elberta; buds relatively tender to frost; flower large, showy, deep pink, self-fruitful; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement of 850 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