Prunus persica 'Snow Gem'

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

White-fleshed, sub-acid, freestone peach. Origin: Modesto, Calif., by C.F. Zaiger, G.N. Zaiger, L.M. Gardner, and G.G. Zaiger. Selected seedling 102ED609 × selected seedling 105ED275. Introd. in 2000 as USPP 12435. Tree: upright, large, vigorous, productive. Flowers large, showy, pink to light pink, self-fertile. Leaf glands reniform. Fruit: nearly globose slightly flattened at base, large almost 3 inches in diameter; yellowish-white to cream, partially overspread with red to Turkish red. Flesh firm, white to pinkish white, freestone. Flavor excellent, moderate, mild, sweet. Ripens in late August in Modesto, Calif., 18 days after O’Henry.
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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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Prunus persica 'Snow Gem'