Very Big Tips, Very Juciy, Good Flavor (SSC/TA 19.78)
Description
Orig. in Candor, N.C., at the Sandhills Res. Sta., by F.E. Correll and C.N. Clayton, North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta., Raleigh, N.C. Introd. in 1965. Redhaven x Erly-Red-Fre; cross made in 1957; selected in 1960; tested as N.C. 7422. Fruit: size uniformly good; round, only a slight tendency to be pointed; skin with a bright red blush over about three-fourths of a rich yellow ground color, very attractive, pubescence medium short; flesh yellow, texture very fine, very firm with no tendency to soften at tip or along suture, flavor unusually good, highly resistant to browning; semi-freestone; ripens just before Earlired and Dixired, about 10-15 June in the Sandhills area. Tree: moderately vigorous; producing medium to very heavy crops; flower nonshowy; blooms in Redhaven season; self-fruitful; chilling requirement similar to Redhaven; foliage moderately resistant to bacterial spot; leaf glands reniform
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
