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2018 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Goldprince Season
Range June 1st - 14th
Additional Years 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2019
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours
Bloom Date March 3rd
Ripe Date June 6th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
0
2.76
Rounded
5
10
0
1.81
1
1
6.7

Notes

Bad taste, split pits, catfacing, pronounced shoulders

Description

Orig. in Fresno, Calif., by Agr. Res. Serv., U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Introd. in 1983. [(Fireglow x Hiley) x Fireglow] x Springtime o.p. Selected in 1976 by David W. Ramming, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Fruit: ripens in only 60 days and averages 2 1/2 inches in diam.; round; skin covered by 70% bright red blush, undercolor bright yellow, pubescence light; semi-freestone; flesh yellow, firm but melting, good flavor. Tree: moderately vigorous, moderately productive, self-fertile; blossoms large, showy; leaf glands reniform; chilling requirement not yet determined; blooms with Springcrest at Fresno; ripens before Maycrest and Springcrest; tolerant to Prunus ring spot and prune dwarf virus.

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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