| Cultivar Name: |
GF 305
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| Type |
Peach Rootstock |
| Patent |
Not Patented
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| Species |
Prunus persica
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| Usage |
Rootstock
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| Soil Adaptation |
fair tolerance to heavy textured soils when waterlogged; not tolerant to alkaline soils
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| Climatic Adaptation |
not as cold tolerant as Lovell
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| Resistance Traits |
lesion nematodes Pratylenchus vulnus and Pratylenchus penetrans
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| Graft Compatibility |
peach, apricot
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| Propagation Notes |
seed, FPS Recommended Method: 36-48 hour soak in water, 60 day stratification
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| Propagation Method |
Seed
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| Description |
Orig. at Pont-de-la-Maye, near Bordeauz, France, by R. Bernhard, INRA Fruit Res. Sta. Selected in 1940 from seedling population452 of local peach cultivar of Montreuil near Paris. Intod. in 1950. A high-vigor rootstock. USED AS PLANT INDICATOR FOR VIRUSES. Susceptible to crown gall, root-knot and lesion nematodes, and waterlogging. Flower pink, nonshowy; fruit white-fleshed, freestone. |
| References |
- The Brooks and Olmo Register of Fruit & Nut Varieties. Third Edition. 1997. ASHS Press, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Peach Rootstocks for the
United States: Are Foreign
Rootstocks the Answer? Peach Rootstocks for the
United States: Are Foreign
Rootstocks the Answer?
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