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2002 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Harvester Season
Range June 22th - 29th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2020
Sequence 105
Row 9
Tree 31
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 1000
Bloom Date March 31th
Ripe Date June 28th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
6
3.08
6.5
7
6
6
8
6
1

Notes

30% ripe, huge, prominent tip, splits, suture bulge, some sp, unattractive

Description

An attractive peach ripening with Redhaven. Origin: Coloma, Michigan by Annette and Randy Bjorge. Open pollinated seedling of Newhaven. Tested as FA 52. Introd. 1997. USPP 10546, assigned to International Plant Management, Lawrence, Michigan. Fruit: Globose, medium large, covered with a 70-80 % red blush with mottled stripe. Flesh melting, yellow, firm, fine textured, sem-freestone, good quality. Ripens with Redhaven peach. Tree: Flowers light pink, small, non showy. Leaf glands reniform. Spreading, vigorous, very productive. Resistant to bacterial spot. Chilling requirement 1000 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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