Melting, ok taste, suture bulges.
(SSC/TA: 13.662)
Description
Orig. in New Brunswick, N.J., by M.A. Blake, New Jersey Agr. Expt. Sta. Introd. in 1953. J.H. Hale x Primrose; selected in 1953; tested as N.J. 117. Fruit: large, round; skin an attractive red, pubescence slight; flesh yellow, red around pit and suture, firm-melting, quality good, sometimes too acid, freestone; ripens 1 week before Elberta; freezing quality good; excellent for home canning; resembles J.H. Hale. Tree: productive; vigorous; chilling requirement 750 h; flower buds tender in winter but resistant to spring frost; susceptible to bacteriosis; flower small, nonshowy; leaf glands reniform. Named in memory of Professor M.A. Blake (1882-1947).
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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