VALLEY SWEET ™ Zairoy
Peach, Prunus persica
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.
Blossom
Blooming date, -intensity
early to medium blossom period, high to very high density, prolonged blossom, intense pink flowers
Fertility
self-fertile
Flower shape
rose shape
Frost susceptibility
low
Fruit
Ripening time
late, 12.-13. peach week
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
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
Origin
Breeder, Place
Floyd Zaiger, California, USA
Intellectual property
Artevos, Germany
Property rights
registered for EU trademark