Red around pit, nice flesh color, strong acid, good taste
Description
Orig. in Jackson Springs, N.C., by North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1968. Raritan Rose x Redskin; cross made in 1955; first fruited in 1958; tested as NC 4639. Fruit: medium to large; round; skin attractive, one-half or more of surface covered with red blush overbright yellow ground color; flesh deep yellow to orange, firm, holding well after picking, texture fine-melting with very little fiber, more resistant to browning than Elberta, flavor good, freestone; ripens about same time as Redskin. Tree: vigorous; productive; flowers small, nonshowy, self-fertile; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirements and blooming time about same as Elberta; highly resistant to bacterial spot and rated better than Redskin.
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