Peach
Trademark: ROYAL DIXIE ™
Variety: ZAI 659 PJ (S)
Species: Prunus persica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Floyd Zaiger, California, USA |
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| Parents | Artevos, Germany |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium to late blossom period, ideal to high 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 to medium-early, 3. peach week, 12-15 days before 'Redhaven' |
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| Scale, shape | large, rounded, symmetrically even half-fruits |
| Skin | nearly smooth-skinned |
| Colour | yellow ground colour, nearly 100% crimson over colour, shaded fruits a bit marbled |
| Fruit flesh | intense yellow and slightly reddish under the fruit-skin, firm and juicy, at the last pick delicate texture and very juicy |
| Taste | underripe sourish with a mild taste, as the fruit ripens spicy-aromatic |
| Stone separability | freestone at full maturity |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium to strong, semi-upright to spreading, very dense tree with healthy dark green leaves, young trees tend to brach breaking |
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| Crop load | ideal to high and regular productivity |
Evaluation
Yellow-fleshed peach with high yields and good fruit size that ripens 3-6 days before 'ROYAL MAJESTIC ™'. The fruits convince with a balanced sugar-acid ratio, attractive appearance and smooth skin.