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Click to EnlargeSugar Giant
2013 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Blake Season
Range July 13th - August 3rd
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh White
Chill Hours 800
Bloom Date
Ripe Date July 26th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
2
2.93
6.8
4
7.6
7.5
2.59
8
1
9

Notes

Uneven halves,tips, pigment around pit, firm, smooth white flesh, subacid. (SSC/TA 30)

Description

Orig. by C.F. Zaiger, G.N. Zaiger, L.M. Gardner, and G.G. Zaiger, Modesto, Calif. (Unknown nectarine x Royal Gold) x [O'Henry o.p. x (MayGrand o.p. x Sam Huston)]. Plant patent 8442; 2 Nov. 1993. Fruit: large; globose; light red blush over white ground; medium pubescence; flesh white, firm, melting; freestone. Ripens 1 week before Giant Babcock. Flowers: large, showy, pink; leaf glands reniform. Tree: large; vigorous; upright; productive. Sub-acid taste, sweet.

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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