Summerfruit Cultivar Evaluations 1996/97

Cultivar: 13/9

Crop Type: NECTARINE

Evaluation Year: 1996

Source: HNRO


FLOWER DATA


TREE HEALTH


Date Full Bloom:


Silverleaf:


Flower Type:


Blast:




Leaf Curl:




Brownrot:

NIL


FRUIT DATA




Fruit Set:


Yield:

LOW

Main Pick Date:

10/01/1997




EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

Fruit Size:

MEDIUM

Flesh Colour:

YELLOW

Fruit Shape:

ROUND

Flesh Texture:

MELTING

Apex:

BEAK

Fibre:

FIBROUS

Suture:

SHALLOW

Juice:

VERY JUICY

Ground Colour:

YELLOW

Stone:

CLING

Overcolour:

DARK RED

Stone Size:

MEDIUM

% Overcolour:

75-100

Sweetness:

MEDIUM

Colour Pattern:

BLOCK

Acidity:

LOW

Pubescence:

NIL

Mean Weight (g):

128

Cracking:

LOW

Mean SS%:

10

Bacterial Marking:

NIL

Mean Firmness:

2.2

Skin Strength:

THICK

% Malic Acid:

0.89



Mean pH:

3.62


Attractiveness:

FAIR



Eating Quality:

GOOD



Overall Quality:

FAIR




Comments:

ADVANCED SELECTION: BACTERIAL MARKING PRESENT WITH LARGE HOLES IN THE FRUIT, COLOUR UNEVEN, FLAVOUR GOOD.