Summerfruit Cultivar Evaluations 1996/97

Cultivar: WHITE PRINCESS

Crop Type: PEACH

Evaluation Year: 1996

Source: HNRO


FLOWER DATA


TREE HEALTH


Date Full Bloom:

30/08/1996

Silverleaf:

NIL

Flower Type:

SHOWY

Blast:

NIL



Leaf Curl:

NIL



Brownrot:

LOW


FRUIT DATA




Fruit Set:

LOW

Yield:

LOW-MEDIUM

Main Pick Date:

17/02/1997




EXTERNAL

INTERNAL

Fruit Size:

MEDIUM

Flesh Colour:

WHITE

Fruit Shape:

ROUND

Flesh Texture:

MELTING

Apex:

DEPRESSED

Fibre:

NON FIBROUS

Suture:

LINE

Juice:

VERY JUICY

Ground Colour:

CREAM

Stone:

FREE

Overcolour:

DARK RED

Stone Size:

MEDIUM

% Overcolour:

50-75

Sweetness:

MEDIUM

Colour Pattern:

BLOCK-DOTS

Acidity:

LOW

Pubescence:

MEDIUM

Mean Weight (g):

140

Cracking:

NIL

Mean SS%:

10.8

Bacterial Marking:

NIL

Mean Firmness:

0.6

Skin Strength:

MEDIUM

% Malic Acid:

0.44



Mean pH:

4.1


Attractiveness:

GOOD



Eating Quality:

VERY GOOD



Overall Quality:

GOOD




Comments:

WHITE FLESH PEACH, GOOD FLAVOUR AND TEXTURE, APEX DEPRESSED WITH A SLIGHT POINT, FRUIT SOFT AT EVALUATION. LOW ACID.