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2011 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Redglobe Season
Range June 30th - July 12th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours
Bloom Date
Ripe Date June 30th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
7.5
2.87
7.5
4.3
7.8
7.8
4.4
8
1
11.7

Notes

Hail damage, suture bulge, tips, nice acidic taste

Description

An attractive yellow fleshed peach ripening after Redhaven. Origin: Coloma, Michigan by Annette and Randy Bjorge. Fayette x Newhaven. Tested as FA 12. Introd. in 1997. USPP 10555 assigned to International Plant Management, Lawrence, Michigan. Fruit: Globose to slightly oblate, large, covered with 90-100% bright red blush. Flesh melting, yellow orange, firm, fine textured, excellent flavor. Ripens 5 days after Redhaven. Tree: Flowers dark pinkish red, medium size, medium showy. Leaf glands globose. Upright spreading, vigorous, very productive. Resistant to bacterial 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

 

     
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