Cultivar: RUBY DIAMOND

Crop Type: NECTARINE

Evaluation Year: 1996

Source: HNRO

FLOWER DATA

TREE HEALTH

Date Full Bloom:

5/09/1996

Silverleaf:

NIL

Flower Type:

SHOWY

Blast:

LOW-MEDIUM

Leaf Curl:

NIL

Brownrot:

LOW

FRUIT DATA

Fruit Set:

MEDIUM

Yield:

LOW

Main Pick Date:

13/01/1997

EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

Fruit Size:

MEDIUM-LARGE

Flesh Colour:

YELLOW

Fruit Shape:

ROUND

Flesh Texture:

FIRM MELTING

Apex:

DEPRESSED

Fibre:

FIBROUS

Suture:

SHALLOW

Juice:

JUICY

Ground Colour:

YELLOW

Stone:

SEMI-CLING

Overcolour:

DARK RED

Stone Size:

MEDIUM

% Overcolour:

75-100

Sweetness:

LOW

Colour Pattern:

BLOCK

Acidity:

MEDIUM

Pubescence:

NIL

Mean Weight (g):

162

Cracking:

LOW

Mean SS%:

11.2

Bacterial Marking:

NIL

Mean Firmness:

1.5

Skin Strength:

MEDIUM

% Malic Acid:

1.24

Mean pH:

3.4

Attractiveness:

GOOD

Eating Quality:

GOOD

Overall Quality:

GOOD

Comments:

GOOD SIZED ATTRACTIVE FRUIT, FLAVOUR TENDS TO BE ACIDIC, TANGY. FLECK THROUGH-OUT FLESH AND AROUND STONE.