Stark Summer Beaut 2003 Musser Fruit Research Farm
Season
Range
Additional Years
None
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
