Summerfruit Cultivar Evaluations 1996/97

Cultivar: SCARLET O'HARA

Crop Type: PEACH

Evaluation Year: 1996

Source: HNRO


FLOWER DATA


TREE HEALTH


Date Full Bloom:

10/09/1996

Silverleaf:

NIL

Flower Type:

SHOWY

Blast:

NIL



Leaf Curl:

NIL



Brownrot:

NIL


FRUIT DATA




Fruit Set:

HIGH

Yield:

HIGH

Main Pick Date:

9/01/1997




EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

Fruit Size:

MEDIUM

Flesh Colour:

WHITE

Fruit Shape:

ROUND/OBLATE

Flesh Texture:

NON-MELTING

Apex:

POINTED

Fibre:

NON FIBROUS

Suture:

LINE

Juice:

DRY

Ground Colour:

CREAM

Stone:

SEMI-CLING

Overcolour:

DARK RED

Stone Size:

SMALL

% Overcolour:

75-100

Sweetness:

MEDIUM

Colour Pattern:

BLOCK/STRIPE

Acidity:

LOW

Pubescence:

LIGHT

Mean Weight (g):

136

Cracking:

NIL

Mean SS%:

9.4

Bacterial Marking:

NIL

Mean Firmness:

3.8

Skin Strength:

MEDIUM

% Malic Acid:

0.43



Mean pH:

3.68


Attractiveness:

VERY GOOD



Eating Quality:

GOOD



Overall Quality:

GOOD




Comments:

ATTRACTIVE FRUIT , VERY FIRM, CRISP TEXTURE, SOME FLECK THROUGH-OUT FLESH.