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Early Loring
2017 Musser Fruit Research Farm

Season Harvester Season
Range June 22th - 29th
Additional Years 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016
Sequence 0
Row
Tree
Flesh Yellow
Chill Hours 800
Bloom Date March 7th
Ripe Date June 26th

Set
Size
Shape
Pubes
Red
Attribute
Firm
Free
Status
Brix
4
3.11
Ovate
6
60
0
4.346
2
1
11.3

Notes

Sweet, a little bit plain but ok flavor. Juicy

Description

A sport of Loring maturing two weeks earlier. Early Loring produces large fruit, with excellent color and firmness. Trees are vigorous and spreading with excellent resistance to bacterial spot. Supplied for testing by Adams County Nursery, Aspers, PA.

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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