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2000 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season O'Henry Season
Range August 4th - 31th
Additional Years 2001 | 2002 | 2003
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 950
Bloom Date
Ripe Date August 11th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
8
2.75
7
7
7
7.5
7
8
1

Notes

Nice ground

Description

Orig. at North Carolina Agr. Expt. Sta. Bred by F.E. Correll in 1974, selected in 1977, tested as NCT 516, and introduced in 1991 by D.J. Werner. Winblo x complex parentage of North Carolina selections. Fruit: large; round; skin dull red over yellow ground color; flesh yellow, very firm, melting, freestone. Ripens 7 to 10 days after Emery. Flowers nonshowy; leaf glands reniform. Tree: moderate resistance to bacterial spot; very bud hardy; high number of flower buds. Chilling requirement 950 to 1000 h.

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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