Peach
Variety: Maicrest
Species: Prunus persica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | W. Y. Minami, Kalifornien, USA |
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| Parents | mutation of Springcrest |
| Type, Selection | clone INFEL 4358 |
| Property rights | free variety |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium-early blossom period with medium to strong density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | rose shape |
| Frost susceptibility | low to medium susceptibility to winter frost |
Fruit
| Ripening time | early, 2. peach week |
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| Scale, shape | medium large, rounded with a pronounced suture |
| Skin | moderate woolly skin, easily removable |
| Colour | yellow orange ground colour, 75-85 % washed-out to marbled red over colour |
| Fruit flesh | pale yellow, melting fruit flesh when fully ripe, very juicy |
| Taste | mild peach taste with balanced acidity |
| Stone separability | partial freestone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, semi-upright to spreading |
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| Crop load | medium crop load |
Evaluation
Attractive, early ripening variety, which is well suited for the beginning of the season. The amount of split-stones in early ripening varieties is higher, depending on the weather.