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2000 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Redglobe Season
Range June 30th - July 12th
Additional Years 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005
Sequence 0
Row 6
Tree
Flesh White
Chill Hours
Bloom Date
Ripe Date July 5th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
8
2.25
7
10
7.5
7
8
8
1

Notes

white nectarine, subacid taste, Hi thrip damage,

Description

Orig. by C.F. Zaiger, L.M. Gardener, G.N. Zaiger, and C.G.Zaiger, Modesto, Calif. Plant patent 7889; 23 Jun.1992.(Ruby Gold x Red Wing)o.p. Fruit: large; globose; medium red over chalk-white ground color leaving mottled red skin; flesh white with pale red streaks from pit cavity, firm, meaty, clingstone. Ripens 1 July at Modesto. Flowers large, showy, pink; leaf glands reinform. Trees: large; vigrous; upright. Fruit is sub-acid and very sweet.

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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