UMass Peach Harvest Evaluations, 2010; UMass Cold Spring Orchard
07/16/2010: Garnet Beauty, Risingstar (PDF)
07/9/2010: Earlystar, PF-2 (PDF)
07/6/2010: PF-1 (PDF)
| Harvest Date | Cultivar | Peach/Nectarine | Crop Load | Split Pit | Red Skin | Size | Firmness | Sol Solids | Comments | Picture URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/6/2010 | PF-1 | peach | moderate | few | 90 | 2.6 | 8.5 (4-16) | 9.3 | ready for 1st pick, quite red, small size | |
| 7/9/2010 | Earlystar | peach | moderate | none | 70 | 2.8 | 9 | NA | quite tart, almost ready for first pick | |
| 7/9/2010 | PF-1 | peach | heavy | few | 80 | 2.4 | 6 | 9.3 | quite ripe, ready for harvest | |
| 7/9/2010 | JL1024 apricot | other | light | none | 45 | 1.8 | 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 a nice apricot | |
| 7/16/2010 | Garnet Beauty | peach | moderate | none | 80 | 2.75 | 4 | 9.8 | quite ripe; somewhat mottled red skin (distinctive); nice, just ready; fairly uniform | |
| 7/16/2010 | Risingstar | peach | moderate | few | 70 | 2.8 | 6 | 9.6 | a little variable, seem OK, definitely ready for 1st pick very soon | |