Prominent suture on some, some pit bleeding, nice colored flesh, good taste
Description
Orig. at U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
S.E. Fruit & Tree Nut Res. Lab., Byron, Ga. Introd. by W.R. Okie. [(Hal-Bertax
Fireglow) x Redglobe] x [(Sunhigh x Southland) x Redcap]; cross made in
1964 by V.E. Prince; selected in 1966; tested as FV5-1942 and BY5-1942.
Fruit: large; skin attractive red on yellow ground color, light pubescence;
flesh yellow, melting; freestone. Ripens about 10 to 12 days after Redhaven;
ripens between Harvester and Redglobe. Flowers showy, self-fertile; leaf
glands reniform; moderately resistant to bacterial spot. Chilling requirement
about 850 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
