Peach
Trademark: ROYAL DELICIOUS ™
Variety: ZAI 606 PJ (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 | late to very late blossom period, medium to ideal density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | bell shape |
Fruit
| Ripening time | medium, 7. peach week, 7-10 days after 'Redhaven' |
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| Scale, shape | large, rounded, slightly flat shaped |
| Skin | nearly smooth-skinned, firm skin is easily removable |
| Colour | shiny yellow orange ground colour, > 90% crimson over colour, partially marbled |
| Fruit flesh | intense yellow, slightly reddish around the stone, flesh in parts with red filaments, very firm, very juicy |
| Taste | mild when underripe, highly aromatic when fully ripe |
| Stone separability | partial freestone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium to strong, semi-upright, heavy top, good branching, healthy and dark green foliage |
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| Crop load | medium to ideal crop load and even spread of fruits, less fruit-thinning necessary |
Evaluation
Large and very well coloured peach with striking intense yellow orange fruit flesh.
When pruning fruit wood, the reduced flowering strength must be taken into account in order to achieve sufficient fruit set even under unfavorable flowering conditions.