Cultivar: RED GOLD

Crop Type: NECTARINE

Evaluation Year: 1996

Source: HNRO

FLOWER DATA

TREE HEALTH

Date Full Bloom:

2/09/1996

Silverleaf:

NIL

Flower Type:

SHOWY

Blast:

LOW

Leaf Curl:

NIL

Brownrot:

LOW

FRUIT DATA

Fruit Set:

MEDIUM

Yield:

LOW

Main Pick Date:

27/01/1997

EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

Fruit Size:

LARGE

Flesh Colour:

ORANGE YELLOW

Fruit Shape:

ROUND

Flesh Texture:

FIRM MELTING

Apex:

FLAT

Fibre:

FIBROUS

Suture:

LINE

Juice:

JUICY

Ground Colour:

YELLOW

Stone:

SEMI-CLING

Overcolour:

RED

Stone Size:

MEDIUM

% Overcolour:

0-25

Sweetness:

MEDIUM

Colour Pattern:

DOTS-BLOCK

Acidity:

LOW

Pubescence:

NIL

Mean Weight (g):

220

Cracking:

LOW

Mean SS%:

10.3

Bacterial Marking:

LOW

Mean Firmness:

1.2

Skin Strength:

THICK

% Malic Acid:

1.01

Mean pH:

3.46

Attractiveness:

FAIR

Eating Quality:

GOOD

Overall Quality:

GOOD

Comments:

STANDARD VARIETY, LARGE NECTARINE, GOOD FLAVOUR. NOT MUCH COLOUR THIS SEASON, BACTERIAL SPOT AND CRACKING APPEARING.