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Prunus persica 'Sugar Time'

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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-fleshed, sub-acid, clingstone peach ripening in the early season. Origin: Modesto, Calif., by C.F. Zaiger, G.N. Zaiger, L.M. Gardner, and G.G. Zaiger. Selected seedling 45GA424 × selected seedling 7.5HB605. Introd. in 2001 as USPP 12046. Tree: upright, large, vigorous, productive. Flowers large, showy, pink to light pink. Leaf glands reniform. No special disease characteristics noted. Chilling requirement ≈800 h. Fruit: nearly globose, flattened at apex and base, medium large, mellow yellow ground color overspread with deep red to Bordeaux red over most of the surface. Flesh firm, butter yellow to sunflower yellow, clingstone. Flavor excellent, moderate, mild, sweet, sub-acid. Ripens in late June to early July in Modesto, Calif., 16 days after Sweet Gem.
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Yellow fleshed, early season, sub-acid, clingstone peach. Origin: Modesto, Calif., by Chris F. Zaiger, Gary N. Zaiger, Leith M. Gardner, and Grant G. Zaiger. Seedling of two unnamed selections. USPP 12,046 issued 4 Aug. 2001. Tree: upright; vigorous; large; medium-dense; productive; flowers large, showy, pink to light pink, self-fertile; leaf glands reniform, small to medium, alternate. Fruit: nearly globose; medium-large; deep red with small areas of medium-yellow to chrome-yellow ground color; flesh firm;, mild sweet and excellent flavor; ripens 25 June and 12 d after Sweet Gem.
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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 'Sugar Time'
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