Summerfruit Cultivar Evaluations 1996/97

Cultivar: 9A

Crop Type: PEACH

Evaluation Year: 1996

Source: HNRO


FLOWER DATA


TREE HEALTH


Date Full Bloom:


Silverleaf:

NIL

Flower Type:


Blast:

NIL



Leaf Curl:

NIL



Brownrot:

MEDIUM


FRUIT DATA




Fruit Set:

LOW

Yield:

LOW

Main Pick Date:

17/01/1997




EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

Fruit Size:

MEDIUM

Flesh Colour:

WHITE

Fruit Shape:

ROUND-OBLATE

Flesh Texture:

FIRM MELTING

Apex:

FLAT

Fibre:

NON FIBROUS

Suture:

LINE

Juice:

JUST JUICY

Ground Colour:

GREEN-YELLOW

Stone:

CLING

Overcolour:

PINK

Stone Size:

MEDIUM

% Overcolour:

25-50

Sweetness:

MEDIUM

Colour Pattern:

MARBLE-STRIPE

Acidity:

LOW

Pubescence:

LIGHT

Mean Weight (g):

160

Cracking:

NIL

Mean SS%:

10.4

Bacterial Marking:

NIL

Mean Firmness:

1.6

Skin Strength:

MEDIUM

% Malic Acid:




Mean pH:



Attractiveness:

POOR



Eating Quality:

FAIR-GOOD



Overall Quality:

FAIR




Comments:

ADVANCED SELECTION: IRREGULAR SHAPED FRUIT, BULGED SUTURE LINE, FIRM TEXTURE WITH A SLIGHT FLECK NEAR THE STONE. UNATTRACTIVE FRUIT.