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2009 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season O'Henry Season
Range August 4th - 31th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2020
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 850
Bloom Date
Ripe Date August 13th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
7.8
3.43
7.5
7
7.5
7.5
5.5
8
1
14.4

Notes

Red around pit, shattered pits, slight tips, slight suture bulge, great taste

Description

Orig. at U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Res. Lab., Byron, Ga.; selected in 1983; tested as BY81P584; and released by W.R. Okie in 1993. Complex parentage; sibling of Summerprince. Fruit: large; round; 70% bright red over an attractive golden-yellow ground with short pubescence; flesh yellow with some red in the pit cavity, very firm, melting, freestone, excellent eating quality and texture. Ripens with O'Henry at Byron, 2 weeks after Elberta. Flowers large, showy, pink; leaf glands reniform. Tree: vigorous; productive; moderately resistant to bacterial spot. Chilling requirement 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

 

     
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