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2014 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Goldprince Season
Range June 1st - 14th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2015 | 2016 | 2020
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 950
Bloom Date March 13th
Ripe Date June 9th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
5
2.68
7
6
7.6
7
4.27
3
1
10.3

Notes

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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