Suture bulges, ok shape, good taste, melting.
(SSC/TA: 14.11)
Description
Orig. at Harrow, Ont., Canada,
by R.E.C. Layne, Agriculture Canada Res. Sta. Introd. in 1984. Redskin x
Harbinger; tested as HW 213. Fruit: medium, to 60 mm when properly thinned;
skin color solid, bright red blush over 60% to 70% of surface on bright
yellow ground color; pubescence short and sparse; flesh yellow, nonbrowning,
melting, medium firm, moderately sweet and juicy; freestone when fully ripe;
free of split pits. Fruit ripens 1 day before Candor and Earlired. Pit deeply
sculptured; medium; plump; without wings. Flowers showy, pink midseason.
Tree: vigor medium; productive; open-spreading, with medium to wide crotch
angles; tolerant to Leucostoma canker; resistant to bacterial spot and brown
rot. Wood and fruit buds are winter hardy like Redhaven; full crops were
produced after exposure to -26 and -28C.
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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