Stark's Summer Pearl 2003 Musser Fruit Research Farm
Season
Range
Additional Years
None
Sequence
169
Row
6
Tree
22
Flesh
White
Chill Hours
850
Bloom Date
March 20th
Ripe Date
July 25th
Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
6
2.97
7.3
7.7
6.8
7.3
12.2
7.5
1
Notes
lot of brown rot, pretty, nice ground color for white flesh
Description
Orig. in New Brunswick, N.J. by L. Fredric
Hough and Catherine H. Bailey, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta., Cook College, New
Brunswick, N.J. Introd. in 1979 by Stark Bros. Nurseries, Louisiana, Mo. NJ
554039 x NJ 585399. Cross made in 1965; selected in 1972; tested as NJ 252.
Fruit: 2 3/8 to 2 5/8 inches in diam., globose; skin one-half to one-fourth
red on cream white; flesh white with red at pit. quality good; freestone;
ripens 3 1/2 weeks after Redhaven. Tree: standard, vigorous, productive; self-fertile;
bud hardiness better than Loring, slightly less than Redhaven; moderately
tolerant to bacterial leaf spot.
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
