Tips, suture bulge, pigment in flesh, excellent taste, good blend of sugar and acid
Description
Orig. in Fort Valley, Ga., by J.H. Weinberger, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Hort. Field Sta. Introd. in 1945. Halehaven x self; selected in 1939. Fruit: size medium; round; skin bright red, attractive, light pubescence; flesh yellow, medium firm; clingstone; ripens early, about 10 to 12 days before Redhaven, 5 to 6 weeks before Elberta; good quality for very early shipping and local markets. Tree: vigor medium; highly productive; blooms late; tolerant to leaf curl; flower small, nonshowy; leaf glands globose.
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
