Peach
Trademark: ROYAL GEM ™
Variety: Zairegem (S)
Species: Prunus persica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Floyd Zaiger, California, USA |
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| Intellectual property | Artevos, Germany |
| Type, Selection | clone INFEL 6155 |
| Property rights | registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | medium early blossom period, medium density |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | rose shape |
| Frost susceptibility | medium |
Fruit
| Ripening time | early, 3. peach week |
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| Scale, shape | large, rounded, slightly flat shaped, limited suture |
| Skin | slightly woolly skin |
| Colour | 80-90 % red to dark red, marbled over colour |
| Fruit flesh | intense yellow, finely textured, juicy |
| Taste | spicy-sweet |
| Stone separability | partial freestone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | strong, semi-upright |
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| Crop load | medium to ideal and regular productivity |
Evaluation
Yellow-fleshed, robust peach variety with very good fruit qualities for this ripening period. The percentage of split-stones varies with the weather conditions.