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2003 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Redglobe Season
Range June 30th - July 12th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2010 | 2011 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Sequence 107
Row 4
Tree 22,23
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours
Bloom Date March 16th
Ripe Date June 30th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
6
3.2
6.8
6.5
6.8
6.8
9.8
7
1

Notes

40% ripe, minimal brown rot, pretty fruit, slight tail, taste 6

Description

Orig. by C.W. Haines, Elmer, N.J. Plant patent 6267; 30 Aug. 1988; assigned to Adams County Nursery, Aspers, Pa. Tree sport of Loring. Fruit: large; globose; high percentage of red blush; moderate pubescence; flesh yellow, melting, semi-freestone. Ripens 5 to 10 days before Loring. Flowers pink, nonshowy; leaf glands reniform. Tree: large; spreading; vigorous; very productive.

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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