Tips. Nice flavor, a little tart but with sugars and nice flavor (SSC/TA 12.75)
Description
Jerseyqueen mutation, found by D. Reuter in New Jersey. Plant patent 8558; 25 Jan. 1994; assigned to New Jersey Peach Council, Clayton. Fruit very large; skin attractive 75% red skin on orange ground color; slight pubescence; slightly ovate with distinct suture; flesh yellow, firm, melting; freestone, with red streaks radiating from red pit cavity. Ripens 14 days after Jerseyqueen. Flowers: late, large, showy, pink; leaf glands reniform. Tree: very large, vigorous; spreading, willowy; moderately hardy, similar to Jerseyqueen; moderately tolerant to bacterial leafspot.
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
