Summerfruit Cultivar Evaluations 1996/97

Cultivar: BRIGHT PEARL

Crop Type: NECTARINE

Evaluation Year: 1996

Source: HNRO


FLOWER DATA


TREE HEALTH


Date Full Bloom:

2/09/1996

Silverleaf:

NIL

Flower Type:

SHOWY

Blast:

NIL



Leaf Curl:

NIL



Brownrot:

LOW


FRUIT DATA




Fruit Set:

LOW

Yield:

VERY LOW

Main Pick Date:

3/02/1997




EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

Fruit Size:

MEDIUM

Flesh Colour:

WHITE

Fruit Shape:

ROUND

Flesh Texture:

MELTING

Apex:

DEPRESSED

Fibre:

NON FIBROUS

Suture:

SHALLOW

Juice:

JUICY

Ground Colour:

YELLOW-CREAM

Stone:

CLING

Overcolour:

RED

Stone Size:

MEDIUM

% Overcolour:

50-75

Sweetness:

MEDIUM

Colour Pattern:

BLOCK-DOTS

Acidity:

LOW

Pubescence:

NIL

Mean Weight (g):

107

Cracking:

NIL

Mean SS%:

12.4

Bacterial Marking:

LOW

Mean Firmness:

0.6

Skin Strength:

MEDIUM

% Malic Acid:

0.51



Mean pH:

4.29


Attractiveness:

GOOD



Eating Quality:

VERY GOOD



Overall Quality:

VERY GOOD




Comments:

RESULTS FROM EIGHT FRUIT. WHITE FLESH NECTARINE, SWEET AND VERY MELTING TEXTURE. LOW ACID TYPE.