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2014 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season O'Henry Season
Range August 4th - 31th
Additional Years 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2015 | 2016
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 750
Bloom Date March 17th
Ripe Date August 4th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
8
2.96
6
7
7.4
6.5
6.86
8
1
12.8

Notes

Softens up fast, classic taste. (SSC/TA: 14.545)

Description

Redskin was released from the Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station in College Park in 1944. It resulted from a cross between J.H. Hale and Elberta. It requires 750 hours to break bud dormancy. It is a yellow-fleshed freestone commercial cultivar.

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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