GREEN & RED SKIN / RED FLESH
Ripens: -15 About July 10th in Kingsburg, CA
| MATURITY | Ripens -15, about July 10th in Kingsburg. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SKIN COLOR | Strong yellow with red mottling. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FLESH COLOR | Red close to the skin, yellow toward the stone. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SHAPE | Oblate, very flattened at the apex. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SIZE | Large, plenty of 3" (76 mm) fruit in the breeding grounds and commercially. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TEXTURE | Very firm, solid, quite juicy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FLAVOR | An outstanding blend of acid and sugar, 20-24 brix. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AROMA | Moderate. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SKIN CRACKING | No cracking observed. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CROPPING | LIGHT CROPPING, good pollinators not established, but great pollen production. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BLOOMING PERIOD | Early, with Ambra. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CONFIRMED POLLINATORS |
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| WILL POLLINATE THESE OTHER VARIETIES |
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| BLOSSOM DENSITY | Heavy bloom. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FLOWER TYPE | Small white flower, strong orange yellow anthers, very short pistil! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POLLEN PRODUCTION | Excellent, bee enticing. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PLANTING SUGGESTIONS |
NOT RECOMMENDED until a reliable pollinator is determined. |
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| TREE DESCRIPTION | Upright and spreading, medium vigor. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| OVERALL | CANNOT RECOMMEND. This variety has outstanding quality, has great pollen on a strong bloom and has had excellent bee activity, but has crop failed the last 2 years in the breeding grounds and has been way below average commercially in production. |
POLLINATOR RATINGS
0-1: No conclusive value
2-3: Can Be Used If Necessary
4-6: Good Pollinator
7-9: Outstanding Pollinator
10+: Double Barrel
Spiking a pollinator means to graft a central limb of the commercial variety with one of the confirmed pollinators. The recommended method would be to spike each tree once, but alternate more than one confirmed pollinator throughout the commercial orchard. Some growers prefer to interplant the pollinator in the same row between two trees of the preferred variety and grow them in a flagpole or or very upright V-style, often pulling and tying a limb toward the center of each adjoining tree.
Combination plantings are made of 2 or 3 varieties that usually benefit each other for pollination. Alternating 4 rows of each is most common, alternating 2 rows of each gives better pollination, but does not harvest as efficiently. Also, it is usually beneficial to insert pollinators along the center 2 rows of a 4 row planting.