Clemson tiger paw with a green thumb Clemson University - Variety Evaluations
Home | CU Peach Team | Peach Information | Pawpaw Information | Feedback
     
 

Flavortop
2017 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Harvester Season
Range June 22th - 29th
Additional Years 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 750
Bloom Date March 4th
Ripe Date June 29th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
4
2.76
Ovate
0
50
0
4.05
3
1
12

Notes

Very good flavor, very sweet and juicy.

Description

Fairtime op. Orig. 1969, USDA, Fresno, CA. Tends to russet. Ground color dark. Male parent may have been sister seedling of Independence. A major California nectarine. Looks fair to good with good quality and medium yield; large size. Flesh: yellow; Gland: reniform; Bloom: showy; Shape: ovate; Firmness: firm; Ripens: -15.

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

 

     
Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634 -- Area Code 864 -- Information 656-3311
Copyright © 2001, Clemson University. All rights reserved.