Peach
Trademark: PATTY ™
Variety: Zaisito (S)
Species: Prunus persica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Floyd Zaiger, California, USA |
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| Intellectual property | Artevos, Germany |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | very early blossom period, medium to strong density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | rose shape |
| Frost susceptibility | low susceptibility of flower buds to winter frost |
Fruit
| Ripening time | early, 2.-3. peach week, 3-5 days after 'Maicrest' |
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| Scale, shape | medium, rounded, symmetrically even half-fruits |
| Skin | nearly smooth-skinned |
| Colour | 100 % crimson coloured even in the shade |
| Fruit flesh | cream white, finely textured, very juicy |
| Taste | very aromatic, spicy with fine acidity, good taste even when slightly underripe |
| Stone separability | freestone at full maturity |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | weak to medium strong, semi-upright, well branched, young trees tend to branch breaking |
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| Crop load | yields are high and regular from an early age, fruit-thinning is necessary to maintain good fruit size |
Evaluation
PATTY ™ is the best, early ripening, white-fleshed peach variety at the moment. The excellent fruit qualities include the very smooth skin, almost 100 % staining of the fruits as well as a pronounced peach aroma. A timely harvest is essential because the fruits tend to rupture when fully ripe. When selecting a site take into account the very early flowering and medium sensitivity to frost damage of the wood during the juvenile phase.