Peach
Trademark: PLATTY ™
Variety: Platibelle (S)
Species: Prunus persica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | EARL QUARTIER NEUF / INRA, France |
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| Intellectual property | CEP Innovation, France |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium blossom period, ideal to high density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | rose shape |
| Frost susceptibility | low susceptibility |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium, 7. peach week, 15 days before 'SWEET CAP ™ Maillarflat (S)' |
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| Scale, shape | large flat peach |
| Skin | slightly woolly skin |
| Colour | nearly 100 % dark red to crimson over colour, fruit colours well in the shade |
| Fruit flesh | white, firm with fine texture, juicy |
| Taste | sweet-aromatic without acidity |
| Stone separability | freestone, very small stone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, semi-upright to spreading, good branching, healthy and dark green leaves |
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| Crop load | ideal to high, early fruit-thinning is very necessary |
Evaluation
Platibelle (S) is a flat peach with high resistance to cracking that has a sweet-aromatic taste well before full maturity is reached. The high quality fruits are refreshing in hot summer weather.
A minimum order of 25 trees per fruit grower is required.