Peach
Trademark: ROME STAR ™
Species: Prunus persica
Origin
Breeder, Place | I.S.F. Rom, Italy |
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Intellectual property | STAR FRUITS ®, France |
Type, Selection | clone INFEL 6412 |
Property rights | registered for EU trademark |
Blossom
Blooming date, -intensity | medium early blossom period, medium to ideal density |
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Fertility | self-fertile |
Flower shape | bell shape |
Frost susceptibility | low to medium |
Fruit
Ripening time | medium late, 9.-10. peach week, 3-5 days after 'Benedictus' |
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Scale, shape | large to very large, rounded |
Skin | moderately woolly skin |
Colour | shiny yellow orange ground colour, 70-85 % orange red to dark red flamed over colour |
Fruit flesh | intense yellow to orange, slightly reddish around the stone, finely textured, very juicy |
Taste | spicy with excellent peach flavour |
Stone separability | freestone |
Storage | good |
Tree
Vigour | strong, semi-upright, healthy foliage |
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Crop load | high to very high |
Evaluation
Robust, yellow-fleshed peach variety for the late ripening time, with excellent appearance, which is suitable for growing in exposed sites. Despite of the regular high productivity, ROME STAR ™ has very good fruit size.