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Canadian Harmony
2017 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Harvester Season
Range June 22th - 29th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 750
Bloom Date March 9th
Ripe Date June 26th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
5
3.13
Rounded
6
60
0
5.123
2
1
12

Notes

Very juicy, good peach flavor. Well balanced between sugars and acids

Description

Orig. in Harrow, Ont., Canada, by Gerald M. Weaver, Canada Dept. of Agr., Res. Sta. Introd. in 1968. Redskin x Sunhaven. Cross made in 1961, selected in 1964, tested as Harrow 1748. Fruit: 2 3/4 to 3 inches in diam.; round; skin 80% blushed red over a yellow ground cover, pubescence scant; flesh yellow, slightly red at pit, firm but melting, quality good, freestone; ripens 31 Aug., about 2 weeks before Elberta. Tree: large; upright-spreading; exceptional vigor; hardiness equivalent to Redhaven; very productive; moderately tolerant to bacterial leaf and fruit spot Xanthomonas pruni; flower nonshowy, salmon, late blooming; leaf glands globose. Recommended for southwestern Ontario.

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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