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2002 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season O'Henry Season
Range August 4th - 31th
Additional Years 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2020
Sequence 203
Row 99Y
Tree 13-16
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 800
Bloom Date March 7th
Ripe Date August 25th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
6
2.8
6
6.8
6.8
6
12.7
8
1

Notes

70% ripe, most with large suture bulge, O.K. ground color

Description

Orig. by C.F. Zaiger, L.M. Gardner, G.N. Zaiger, and G.G. Zaiger, Modesto, CA. Plant Patent 6347; 25 Oct. 1988. Late-ripening nectarine x O'Henry o.p. Fruit: large; globose; light-red blush over bright-yellow ground color; flesh dark yellow with intense red at pit, ultra firm, melting, freestone. Ripens 21 days after O'Henry. Flowers large, pink, showy; leaf glands reniform. Tree: large; vigorous; productive.

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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