Benedictus
Peach, Prunus persica
This white-fleshed, delicious peach variety is late ripening and has regular high yields combined with good fruit size. Benedictus yields well from the beginning and the tree is very healthy with low susceptibility to peach leaf curl. The fruit colours only slightly in the shade and the flavour is increased with adequate summer pruning.
Blossom
Blooming date, -intensity
medium-late blossom period with medium to high density
Fertility
self-fertile
Flower shape
bell shape
Frost susceptibility
low susceptibility of flower buds to winter frost
Fruit
Ripening time
medium-late, 9. peach week
Scale, shape
large to very large, rounded, slightly oblong
Skin
less woolly skin, firm
Colour
yellowish ground colour, up to 80 % red over colour
Fruit flesh
greenish white, slightly reddish around the stone, at full maturity melting, very juicy
Taste
sweetish, low acidity
Stone separability
freestone
Storage
good, travels well
Tree
Vigour
strong, robust tree with dark green foliage
Crop load
regular and high yield from an early age
Origin
Breeder, Place
Meynaud, Noves, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Type, Selection
clone INFEL 4987
Property rights
free variety