Prunus persica 'Merrill Queen'

Cultivar

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Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
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Cultivation

Origin: in Red Bluff, Calif., by Grant MerrIll. Introd. in 1961. Plant patent 2010; 10 Jan. 1961. J.H. Hale × Flaming Gold, o.p.2; selected in 1958. Tree: large, medium spread; vigorous; productive and regular bearer; leaf glands reniform; flowers large, showy, pink. Variety now obsolete. Fruit: large, skin highly colored red; flesh yellow, very firm, well flavored, partly freestone; resembles Princess, but ripens earlier, larger and sets more heavily and more regularly than that variety.
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Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
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Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 33
Size large
Vigor vigorous
Productivity productive

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Synonyms

Prunus persica 'Merrill Queen'