Silver Lode
Variety of Nectarine · Prunus persica nucipersica
Early-ripening, white-fleshed nectarine with sweet, aromatic flavour for mild-winter areas.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
juicysweetaromatic
Profile
- Parentage
- Frühe Weißfleisch-Selektion (Kalifornien)
- Breeder
- Fred Anderson (Kalifornien)
- Pollination
- self-fertile
- Fruit weight
- 130 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium fruit with a red-flushed silvery-white ground and white, freestone, juicy flesh.
Growth
Vigorous tree with low chill requirement, well suited to warmer-winter climates.
Yield
Early ripening in early summer; good yields.
Notes
Classic early white-fleshed variety from the Californian breeding programme.
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