young shoot icon Home All plants About

Prunus persica 'Sungold'

Cultivar

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rosaceae > Prunus > Prunus persica

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread endozoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Origin: in Gainesville, Fla., by Agr. Expt. Sta., Univ. of Florida. Introd. in 1969. NJ5107397 derived from (Candoka × Flaming Gold) × [(Garden State × NJ25032) o.p.] crossed with (Okinawa × Panamint); cross made in 1958 at Agr. Expt. Sta., New Brunswick, N.J., by L.F. Hough and Catherine Bailey; seed started by R.H. Sharpe at Gainesville, Fla.; seedlings planted at North Florida Expt. Sta., Quincy, in 1959; selected in 1961 by H.W. Young and R.H. Sharpe; tested as Q303-4 and Q45. Tree: considerable resistance to brown rot; 550 h; flowers nonshowy, small; leaf glands reniform. Fruit: size medium; roundish; skin 80% to 100% covered with bright red blush; suture not prominent; flesh golden-yellow, quality excellent, firm, freestone when fully ripe; ripening date varies from 9 to 29 June.
More
Origin: in Des Moines, Iowa. Introd. in 1936; assigned to Interstate Nurseries, Hamburg, Iowa. Professor T.J. Maney, Iowa State College, selected it about 1924. Parentage unknown; selected about 1928. Tree: productive. Fruit: large; flesh yellow, flavor fine, freestone; ripens 1 week before Elberta; resembles J.H. Hale.
Mode -
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -20
Optimum temperature (C°) 20 - 33
Size very small
Vigor -
Productivity productive

Identifiers

LSID -
WFO ID -
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Prunus persica 'Sungold'
WorldFloraDB 2024