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Variety of Nectarine · Prunus persica nucipersica
Sturdy, self-fertile yellow-fleshed nectarine with bright red skin – the go-to variety for the home garden.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Sämling aus offener Abblüte (Freestone-Zuchtprogramm)
- Breeder
- Fred Anderson (Kalifornien)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 150 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium-sized, roundish fruit with an almost fully red-flushed skin and firm, yellow, freestone flesh of sweet, aromatic flavour.
Growth
Vigorous, well-branched tree; self-fertile and thus grown without a pollinator.
Yield
Reliably high yields; ripening in early summer (Northern Hemisphere around July).
Notes
One of the best-known home-garden nectarines worldwide, proven and adaptable.
Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Nectarine unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page
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