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Click to EnlargeStark Summer Beaut
2003 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Coronet Season
Range June 15th - 21th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012
Sequence 63
Row 4
Tree 18,19
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 800
Bloom Date March 16th
Ripe Date June 21th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
6
2.59
6
10
6.8
6.3
12.7
1
1

Notes

Nectarine, 35% ripe, lots of brown rot, many splits with shattered pits, taste 6.5, good juc/sweet

Description

Summer Beauty (Anderbeaut, Brubelle, Stark Summer Beaut) Red Diamond X Sun Grand. Orig. 1979, Fred Anderson, Merced, CA; Burchell Nursery, Modesto, CA; and Stark Brother’s Nurseries, Louisiana, MO. good; attractive color with good quality and medium yield. Flesh: yellow; Gland: reniform; Bloom: nonshowy; large size; Shape: round; Firmness: high; Ripens: -24.

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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