Peach
Trademark: VALLEY SWEET ™
Variety: Zairoy
Species: Prunus persica
Origin
| Breeder, Place | Floyd Zaiger, California, USA |
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| Intellectual property | Artevos, Germany |
| Property rights | registered for EU trademark |
Blossom
| Blooming date, -intensity | early to medium blossom period, high to very high density, prolonged blossom, intense pink flowers |
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| Fertility | self-fertile |
| Flower shape | rose shape |
| Frost susceptibility | low |
Fruit
| Ripening time | late, 12.-13. peach week |
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| Scale, shape | medium to large, rounded |
| Skin | nearly smooth-skinned |
| Colour | almost 100 % dark red to crimson on sunny side, shaded fruits shiny dark red |
| Fruit flesh | pale yellow, slightly reddish around the stone, firm, juicy and finely textured when fully ripe |
| Taste | sweet-aromatic, also when underripe |
| Stone separability | freestone |
| Storage | good |
Tree
| Vigour | medium strong, semi-upright to spreading, very good branching, dark-green and healthy leaves |
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| Crop load | ideal to high, even spread of fruits and optimum even fruit development, timely fruit-thinning is necessary for maintaining good fruit-size and the health status of the trees |
Evaluation
VALLEY SWEET ™ Zairoy enhances our range with a very late ripening yellow-fleshed peach. The extraordinary colouring is unique in this ripening period. The high yield, large fruit size and the good internal qualities provide a perfect ending to the peach harvest season.