Nectarine
Variety: Convoitise (S)
Species: Prunus nucipersica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | INRA, France |
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| Intellectual property | CEP Innovation, France |
| Crossing number | NJ6925 |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium blossom period, ideal to high blossom density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | rose shape |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium, 6. peach week, 5-7 days after 'Diamond Bright (S)' |
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| Scale, shape | medium to large, rounded, moderate suture |
| Skin | smooth-skinned |
| Colour | shiny dark red to purple coloured fruits on the sunny side, shaded fruits also nearly 100 % coloured, lenticels around the fruit apex |
| Fruit flesh | yellow, firm and crunchy, juicy |
| Taste | sweet-spicy, slightly nutty, well flavoured when underripe |
| Stone separability | clingstone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong to strong, semi-upright to spreading, dark green and healthy leaf |
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| Crop load | from an early age regular ideal to high, even spread of fruit and ripening |
Evaluation
Very nice yellow-fleshed nectarine with excellent taste and brilliant fruit colouring. Convoitise (S) has regular high yield with very good fruit size at the same time.