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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 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours
Bloom Date
Ripe Date August 13th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
7.3
3.35
7
6.5
7.3
7
5.4
8
1
15.3

Notes

Oblong, green ground color, tips, suture bulge, red around pit, great taste

Description

Jerseyqueen mutation, found by D. Reuter in New Jersey. Plant patent 8558; 25 Jan. 1994; assigned to New Jersey Peach Council, Clayton. Fruit very large; skin attractive 75% red skin on orange ground color; slight pubescence; slightly ovate with distinct suture; flesh yellow, firm, melting; freestone, with red streaks radiating from red pit cavity. Ripens 14 days after Jerseyqueen. Flowers: late, large, showy, pink; leaf glands reniform. Tree: very large, vigorous; spreading, willowy; moderately hardy, similar to Jerseyqueen; moderately tolerant to bacterial leafspot.

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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