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Characteristics of the newly created late peach cultivar ‘Rosa’
Article number
1457_20
Pages
153 – 160
Language
English
Abstract
In this paper, the newly created late peach cultivar ‘Rosa’ was studied.
It was recognized as a new peach cultivar in 2023. It was created from the crossing combination ‘Flaminia’ × ‘Autumnglo’ at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade.
The ‘Summerset’ cultivar was used as the standard for the comparison.
The study was conducted over 2 years (2021-2022). The most important morphological traits, ripening time, yield, physical fruit characteristics, chemical fruit composition, and sensory evaluation of fruit quality, were investigated. ‘Rosa’ mostly has a medium red hue over a greenish-yellow skin ground color and yellow flesh.
In relation to the stone’s adherence to flesh, fruits are freestone. ‘Rosa’ scored better than the standard for most characteristics.
On average, it ripened later (September 20) than the standard cultivar (September 16). ‘Rosa’ had a yield of 9.41 kg tree-1 and a fruit weight of 144.47 g, while ‘Summerset’ had a yield of 7.98 kg tree-1 and a fruit weight of 140.66 g.
The soluble solids and total acid content of ‘Rosa’ was 17.30 and 0.69%, respectively, compared to 13.47 and 0.61% for the standard cultivar. ‘Rosa’ also had a better fruit appearance and taste than the standard cultivar.
The results obtained show that the ‘Rosa’ cultivar can be interesting as a late, high-yielding and high-quality cultivar for spreading in production orchards in Serbia.
It was recognized as a new peach cultivar in 2023. It was created from the crossing combination ‘Flaminia’ × ‘Autumnglo’ at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade.
The ‘Summerset’ cultivar was used as the standard for the comparison.
The study was conducted over 2 years (2021-2022). The most important morphological traits, ripening time, yield, physical fruit characteristics, chemical fruit composition, and sensory evaluation of fruit quality, were investigated. ‘Rosa’ mostly has a medium red hue over a greenish-yellow skin ground color and yellow flesh.
In relation to the stone’s adherence to flesh, fruits are freestone. ‘Rosa’ scored better than the standard for most characteristics.
On average, it ripened later (September 20) than the standard cultivar (September 16). ‘Rosa’ had a yield of 9.41 kg tree-1 and a fruit weight of 144.47 g, while ‘Summerset’ had a yield of 7.98 kg tree-1 and a fruit weight of 140.66 g.
The soluble solids and total acid content of ‘Rosa’ was 17.30 and 0.69%, respectively, compared to 13.47 and 0.61% for the standard cultivar. ‘Rosa’ also had a better fruit appearance and taste than the standard cultivar.
The results obtained show that the ‘Rosa’ cultivar can be interesting as a late, high-yielding and high-quality cultivar for spreading in production orchards in Serbia.
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Authors
D. Nikolić, A. Radović, V. Rakonjac, D. Milatović
Keywords
Prunus persica, late ripening, yield, pomological characteristics, fruit quality
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