Year |
Peach/Nectarine |
Cultivar |
Harvest Date |
Flesh Color |
Crop Load |
Size |
Shape |
Fuzz |
Bact Spot |
Red Skin |
Split Pit |
Attractiveness |
Freestone |
Flesh Red |
Firmness |
Sol Solids |
Comments |
2010 |
peach |
PF-1 |
7/6/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.6 |
round, lobed |
light |
|
90 |
few |
fair |
|
trace |
8.5 (4-16) |
9.3 |
ready for 1st pick, quite red, small size |
2010 |
peach |
Earlystar |
7/9/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.8 |
round |
light |
none |
70 |
none |
good |
clingstone |
trace-10% |
9 |
NA |
quite tart, almost ready for first pick |
2010 |
peach |
PF-1 |
7/9/2010 |
yellow |
heavy |
2.4 |
round |
light |
|
80 |
few |
fair |
|
trace |
6 |
9.3 |
quite ripe, ready for harvest |
2010 |
other |
JL1024 apricot |
7/9/2010 |
yellow |
light |
1.8 |
oblong-ovate |
none |
slight |
45 |
none |
excellent |
semi-freestone |
none |
NA |
NA |
not quite there, but almost; give it a few more days; shy cropping, but only one tree; shows signs of bacterial canker on spurs; otherwise nice apricot |
2010 |
peach |
Garnet Beauty |
7/16/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.75 |
mostly oblong |
light |
none |
80 |
none |
good |
clingstone |
trace |
4 |
9.8 |
quite ripe; somewhat mottled red skin (distinctive); nice, just ; fairly uniform |
2010 |
peach |
Risingstar |
7/16/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.8 |
round w/ lobing |
light |
none |
70 |
few |
good |
clingstone |
trace |
6 |
9.6 |
a little variable, seem OK, definitely ready for 1st pick very soon |
2010 |
peach |
Risingstar |
7/20/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
3.0 |
round |
light |
none |
80 |
common |
fair |
clingstone |
none |
6.5 |
10.6 |
too many spilt pits this year; not ripening as fast as I thought |
2010 |
|
Brightstar |
7/20/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
3.0 |
round with beak |
light |
none |
75 |
none |
good |
clingstone |
trace |
7 |
11.6 |
nice, good crop, compares favorably (if not better) to Risingstar |
2010 |
nectarine |
Jade |
7/27/2010 |
white |
moderate |
2.8 |
oblong |
none |
none |
95 |
none |
good |
clingstone |
10-25% |
4 |
11.2 |
some skin blemishes; uneven ripening; a tart, white-flesh early nectarine that is marginally recommended |
2010 |
nectarine |
Honeykist |
7/27/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.6 |
oblong |
none |
moderate |
95 |
none |
fair |
clingstone |
trace |
12 |
11.7 |
a little on the dry side; some a little spongy; sub-acid flavor; just about there, pick this week; having trouble recommending due to quality issues and bacterial spot |
2010 |
peach |
Countrysweet |
7/27/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.8 |
round |
light |
slight |
90 |
none |
excellent |
clingstone |
|
7 |
10.8 |
very uniform peach; I still like this one, but bacterial spot is a problem (mostly on the foliage) |
2010 |
peach |
PF-14 Jersey |
8/3/2010 |
yellow |
heavy |
2.8 |
oblong (very slightly) to round |
light |
none |
75 |
none |
excellent |
clingstone |
trace |
10 |
10.8 |
just ready for 1st pick; a very nice peach |
2010 |
peach |
Redhaven |
8/3/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
3.2 |
mostly round |
light |
none |
40 |
few |
good |
clingstone |
trace |
6.3 |
10.1 |
mostly ready to go; original prediction was 7/30/2010, pretty close |
2010 |
other |
NJ-16 donut |
8/3/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
1.8/3 (L/D) |
flat |
light |
none |
0 |
few |
good |
|
none |
4 |
11.6 |
very nice, some skin defects and other anomalies; should double price over regular peaches |
2010 |
peach |
Starfire |
8/9/2010 |
yellow |
light |
3.0 |
round w/ lobe |
light |
none |
80 |
none |
fair |
clingstone |
trace |
7 |
11 |
light crop, hard to get excited about |
2010 |
peach |
Redhaven |
8/9/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
3 |
mostly round |
light |
none |
60 |
none |
good |
clingstone |
trace |
6 |
11.4 |
at tree-ripe peak but mostly picked; still has classic yellow peach flavor |
2010 |
peach |
PF-14 Jersey |
8/9/2010 |
|
heavy |
2.8 |
round like a tennis ball |
light |
slight |
70 |
none |
excellent |
clingstone |
trace |
9.4 |
11.9 |
a very consistent, nice peach; on the dry side |
2010 |
peach |
RedStar |
8/9/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
3.2 |
round, irregular |
light |
none |
80 |
none |
fair |
clingstone |
trace |
3 (1-7) |
10.3 |
nothing special, BlazingStar much better; larger fruit over-ripe |
2010 |
peach |
BlazingStar |
8/9/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.8 |
round, slightly flattened |
light |
none |
95 |
none |
excellent |
clingstone |
trace |
8.2 |
10.9 |
crop load moderate-heavy; always nice, but on the small side; a little rubbery |
2010 |
other |
NJF 17 donut |
8/15/2010 |
white |
moderate |
1.8/3 L/D |
flat |
light |
none |
0 |
none |
good |
|
none |
4.2 |
15.1 |
quite nice other than some russet/defect at ends; just right |
2010 |
nectarine |
Summer Beauty |
8/15/2010 |
yellow |
light |
2.6 |
oblong |
none |
none |
95 |
none |
good |
clingstone |
trace-10% |
10.2 (5-15) |
NA |
a tart, yellow flesh classic nectartine; just about right to pick; has been shy bearing all-along; mediocre to good |
2010 |
peach |
Allstar |
8/15/2010 |
yellow |
moderate |
2.8 |
slight oblong |
light |
none |
50 |
none |
good |
clingstone |
trace |
6.4 |
11.2 |
rather juicy, nice flavor; good |
2010 |
peach |
Coralstar |
8/15/2010 |
yellow |
light |
3 |
mostly round-oblong with beak |
light |
none |
60, variable |
none |
fair |
clingstone |
trace |
9.2 (3-12) |
12.5 |
not sure what the pluses are: a little variable, lighter crop load; good flavor though |
2010 |
peach |
Sugar Giant |
8/24/2010 |
white |
moderate |
3.2 |
mostly round |
light |
moderate |
90 |
none |
good |
semi-freestone |
none |
6.6 |
11.4 |
large fruit, hard to get excited about; bacterial spot an issue |
2010 |
peach |
Beaumont |
8/24/2010 |
yellow |
light |
2.8 |
somewhat oblong |
light |
none |
65 variable |
|
good |
freestone |
trace |
9 |
NA |
just barely ready to pick but nice yellow undercolor; small fruit despite light crop load? probably an excellent peach for canning or processing |
2010 |
peach |
GlowingStar |
8/30/2010 |
|
light |
3.0 |
round with rib |
light |
none |
65 |
none |
good |
freestone |
trace |
10.2 (4-14) |
NA |
nice, attractive, but light crop load |
2010 |
peach |
BlushingStar |
8/30/2010 |
white |
light |
3.0 |
round with rib |
light |
none |
60 |
none |
good |
semi-freestone |
trace |
6.8 |
|
very nice white flesh peach for this season; don t let over-ripen |