ROYAL DIXIE ™ ZAI 659 PJ (S)
Peach, Prunus persica
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.
Blossom
Blooming date, -intensity
medium to late blossom period, ideal to high density
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'
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
Crop load
ideal to high and regular productivity
Origin
Breeder, Place
Floyd Zaiger, California, USA
Intellectual property
Artevos, Germany
Property rights
registered for EU plant variety rights and trademark