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2014 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Coronet Season
Range June 15th - 21th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 900
Bloom Date March 22th
Ripe Date June 16th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
8
2.64
7
5
7.5
7
6.4
3
1
8.2

Notes

bad taste, slight tips, soften on trees fast. (SSC/TA 8.238)

Description

An early season yellow fleshed peach. Origin: Coloma, Michigan by Annette and Randy Bjorge. Newhaven x Jim Dandee. Tested as FA 47. Introd. 1997. USPP 10545 assigned to International Plant Management, Lawrence, Michigan. Fruit: Ovate, medium, covered with a 90- 100 % red blush. Flesh; melting, yellow, medium firm, clingstone, good quality. Ripens 7 to 12 days before Redhaven. Tree: Flowers dark pinkish red, medium size, medium showy. Leaf glands globose. Very spreading and weeping, vigorous, and productive. Resistant to bacterial spot. Chilling requirement 900 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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