Very good, typical peach flavor. Nice texture, beautiful peach, although with a large, clear suture. Bronzing
Description
The ‘Sweetstar’ white peach tree originated in a cultivated area of the south of France, in the Pyrénées-Orientales departement, where it was tested. The ‘Sweetstar’ variety resulted from a free pollination of one of our white nectarine tree referenced under number NB ASF 9805 (non-patented), which was used as the seed parent. The pollen parent of the new variety is unknown. The NB ASF 9805 white nectarine tree was originated by using ‘Julie’ (Tendresse®) (non-patented) white peach tree as seed parent, and ‘Zaitabo’ (Big Top®) (non-patented) yellow nectarine tree as pollen parent. ‘Sweetstar’ was provisionally designated, tested and genetically identified by a genetic profile, under number 02.09.94 PB and was registered at the Official Catalogue of the Agriculture Ministry of the French Republic on Nov. 14, 2007 under number 1024471. It was obtained by hybridizing and propagated by grafting on a ‘Franc Inra Montclar®’ (non-patented) rootstock tree. It has been determined to have unique tree and fruit characteristics making it worthy for commercial fresh fruit production. There are no known effects of the standard ‘Franc Inra Montclar®’ (non-patented) rootstock on the scion cultivar. Asexually propagated plants remained true to the original tree and all characteristics of the tree and the fruit were transmitted. The plant was reproduced asexually by Agro Selections Fruits in Elne, Pyrénées-Orientales departement, France.
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
