Peach
Sorte: Peche de Vigne
Obstart: Prunus persica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | old french variety from the area of Lyon |
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| Synonym | Sanguine D |
| Property rights | free variety |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium-early blossom period, high density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | rose shaped, big and double flowers |
| Frost susceptibility | low to medium |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium late, 11. peach week |
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| Scale, shape | medium large, rounded |
| Skin | moderate woolly skin |
| Colour | 100 % purple over colour |
| Fruit flesh | red flesh, firm, juicy |
| Taste | sourish, slightly bitter with reminiscences of wine |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, semi-upright |
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| Crop load | high to very high, because of the typical preharvest fruit drop the fruits should be picked already underripe |
Evaluation
Robust, late ripening variety with red flesh. The large double flowers have a high ornamental value and therefore favoured by florists for decorative purposes. Used as dessert fruit and also for processing e.g. compotes, cake topping and distilling.