Very juicy, good peach flavor. Well balanced between sugars and acids
Description
Orig. in Harrow, Ont., Canada, by Gerald M. Weaver, Canada Dept. of Agr., Res. Sta. Introd. in 1968. Redskin x Sunhaven. Cross made in 1961, selected in 1964, tested as Harrow 1748. Fruit: 2 3/4 to 3 inches in diam.; round; skin 80% blushed red over a yellow ground cover, pubescence scant; flesh yellow, slightly red at pit, firm but melting, quality good, freestone; ripens 31 Aug., about 2 weeks before Elberta. Tree: large; upright-spreading; exceptional vigor; hardiness equivalent to Redhaven; very productive; moderately tolerant to bacterial leaf and fruit spot Xanthomonas pruni; flower nonshowy, salmon, late blooming; leaf glands globose. Recommended for southwestern Ontario.
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
