Prunus persica 'Toreador'

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 1958. Plant patent 2071; 11 July 1961. J.H. Hale F4; discovered in 1954; selected in 1956. Tree: size medium; vigor medium; productive; leaf glands reniform; flower small, pink, self-fruitful; fruit easily thinned. Fruit: large; round; skin red over about half the surface; flesh yellow, red near pit, firm, freestone; good for freezing; ripens about 5 days later than Splendor, which it resembles and about 20 days after Elberta.
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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 small
Vigor moderate vigor
Productivity productive

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Synonyms

Prunus persica 'Merricle L-120' Prunus persica 'Toreador'