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Prunus persica 'Sierra Gem'

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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

Yellow, freestone peach. Origin: in Reedley, Calif., by Ron Toews. Introduced in 1997. A chance sport of Fancy Lady (USPP7023). USPP 10810 issued on 2 Mar. 1999. Assigned to The Burchell Nursery, Inc., Oakdale, Calif. Tree: vigorous; upright to spreading; productive. Flowers large, showy; light pink. Fruit: medium; skin with high degree or barberry red color, medium pubescence; flesh medium-firm, yellow, nonmelting; freestone. Ripens 7 days before Fancy Lady or 12-16 June in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California.
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Yellow-fleshed, early mid-season, freestone peach. Origin: Reedley, Calif., by Ron Toews. Chance seedling in a block of Fancy Lady. USPP 10,810 issued 2 Mar. 1999 and assigned to The Burchell Nursery, Inc. Tree: upright to spreading; vigorous; productive; flowers small, pink; leaf glands reniform, opposite, small. Fruit: globose; fairly uniform; large; flesh medium-fine; sweet, sub-acid, aromatic and excellent flavor; ripens 12 June and 7 d earlier than Fancy Lady in Reedley.
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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 very small
Vigor vigorous
Productivity productive

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Prunus persica 'Sierra Gem'
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