Uneven halves, pigment in flesh, good balanced taste. (SSC/TA 15)
Description
Orig. at U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Res. Lab., Byron, Ga.; selected in 1983; tested as BY81P584; and released by W.R. Okie in 1993. Complex parentage; sibling of Summerprince. Fruit: large; round; 70% bright red over an attractive golden-yellow ground with short pubescence; flesh yellow with some red in the pit cavity, very firm, melting, freestone, excellent eating quality and texture. Ripens with O'Henry at Byron, 2 weeks after Elberta. Flowers large, showy, pink; leaf glands reniform. Tree: vigorous; productive; moderately resistant to bacterial spot. Chilling requirement 850 h.
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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